Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:
1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt
To convert 5179 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5179 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt
5179 ft/s → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 5179 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt
V(kt) = 3068.4736069141 kt
The final result is:
5179 ft/s → 3068.4736069141 kt
We conclude that 5179 feet per second is equivalent to 3068.4736069141 knots:
5179 feet per second = 3068.4736069141 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00032589493282482 × 5179 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5179 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00032589493282482 knots.
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-nine feet per second is approximately three thousand sixty-eight point four seven four knots:
5179 ft/s ≅ 3068.474 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand one hundred seventy-nine feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to knots chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots
feet per second (ft/s) | knots (kt) |
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5180 feet per second | 3069.066 knots |
5181 feet per second | 3069.659 knots |
5182 feet per second | 3070.251 knots |
5183 feet per second | 3070.844 knots |
5184 feet per second | 3071.436 knots |
5185 feet per second | 3072.029 knots |
5186 feet per second | 3072.621 knots |
5187 feet per second | 3073.213 knots |
5188 feet per second | 3073.806 knots |
5189 feet per second | 3074.398 knots |