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 5185 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5185 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

5185 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 5185 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 3072.0285097219 kt

The final result is:

5185 ft/s → 3072.0285097219 kt

We conclude that 5185 feet per second is equivalent to 3072.0285097219 knots:

5185 feet per second = 3072.0285097219 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00032551781236253 × 5185 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5185 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00032551781236253 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 eighty-five feet per second is approximately three thousand seventy-two point zero two nine knots:

5185 ft/s ≅ 3072.029 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand one hundred eighty-five 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