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 5238 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5238 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

5238 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5238 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8840.7480314884 ft/s

The final result is:

5238 kt → 8840.7480314884 ft/s

We conclude that 5238 knots is equivalent to 8840.7480314884 feet per second:

5238 knots = 8840.7480314884 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 0.0001131126004766 × 5238 knots.

Another way is saying that 5238 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001131126004766 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-eight knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred forty point seven four eight feet per second:

5238 kt ≅ 8840.748 ft/s

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