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 5242 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5242 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

5242 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5242 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8847.4992709168 ft/s

The final result is:

5242 kt → 8847.4992709168 ft/s

We conclude that 5242 knots is equivalent to 8847.4992709168 feet per second:

5242 knots = 8847.4992709168 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 0.00011302628792377 × 5242 knots.

Another way is saying that 5242 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011302628792377 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 forty-two knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred forty-seven point four nine nine feet per second:

5242 kt ≅ 8847.499 ft/s

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