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 5279 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5279 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

5279 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5279 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8909.9482356295 ft/s

The final result is:

5279 kt → 8909.9482356295 ft/s

We conclude that 5279 knots is equivalent to 8909.9482356295 feet per second:

5279 knots = 8909.9482356295 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 0.0001122340976125 × 5279 knots.

Another way is saying that 5279 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001122340976125 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-nine knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred nine point nine four eight feet per second:

5279 kt ≅ 8909.948 ft/s

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