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 5247 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5247 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

5247 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5247 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8855.9383202023 ft/s

The final result is:

5247 kt → 8855.9383202023 ft/s

We conclude that 5247 knots is equivalent to 8855.9383202023 feet per second:

5247 knots = 8855.9383202023 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 0.00011291858229396 × 5247 knots.

Another way is saying that 5247 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011291858229396 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-seven knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred fifty-five point nine three eight feet per second:

5247 kt ≅ 8855.938 ft/s

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