Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 5175 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5175 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

5175 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 5175 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8734.4160104911 ft/s

The final result is:

5175 kt → 8734.4160104911 ft/s

We conclude that 5175 knots is equivalent to 8734.4160104911 feet per second:

5175 knots = 8734.4160104911 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.00011448962343892 × 5175 knots.

Another way is saying that 5175 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011448962343892 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand one hundred seventy-five knots is approximately eight thousand seven hundred thirty-four point four one six feet per second:

5175 kt ≅ 8734.416 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand one hundred seventy-five knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second