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 5231 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5231 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

5231 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5231 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8828.9333624887 ft/s

The final result is:

5231 kt → 8828.9333624887 ft/s

We conclude that 5231 knots is equivalent to 8828.9333624887 feet per second:

5231 knots = 8828.9333624887 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 0.00011326396507291 × 5231 knots.

Another way is saying that 5231 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011326396507291 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 thirty-one knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred twenty-eight point nine three three feet per second:

5231 kt ≅ 8828.933 ft/s

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