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 5271 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5271 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

5271 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5271 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8896.4457567727 ft/s

The final result is:

5271 kt → 8896.4457567727 ft/s

We conclude that 5271 knots is equivalent to 8896.4457567727 feet per second:

5271 knots = 8896.4457567727 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 0.00011240443963127 × 5271 knots.

Another way is saying that 5271 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011240443963127 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 seventy-one knots is approximately eight thousand eight hundred ninety-six point four four six feet per second:

5271 kt ≅ 8896.446 ft/s

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