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 5223 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5223 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

5223 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5223 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8815.4308836319 ft/s

The final result is:

5223 kt → 8815.4308836319 ft/s

We conclude that 5223 knots is equivalent to 8815.4308836319 feet per second:

5223 knots = 8815.4308836319 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 0.00011343744998974 × 5223 knots.

Another way is saying that 5223 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011343744998974 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 two hundred twenty-three knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred fifteen point four three one feet per second:

5223 kt ≅ 8815.431 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand two hundred twenty-three 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