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 5280 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5280 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

5280 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5280 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8911.6360454866 ft/s

The final result is:

5280 kt → 8911.6360454866 ft/s

We conclude that 5280 knots is equivalent to 8911.6360454866 feet per second:

5280 knots = 8911.6360454866 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 0.00011221284115462 × 5280 knots.

Another way is saying that 5280 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011221284115462 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 eighty knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred eleven point six three six feet per second:

5280 kt ≅ 8911.636 ft/s

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