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 5285 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5285 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

5285 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5285 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8920.0750947721 ft/s

The final result is:

5285 kt → 8920.0750947721 ft/s

We conclude that 5285 knots is equivalent to 8920.0750947721 feet per second:

5285 knots = 8920.0750947721 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 0.00011210667952628 × 5285 knots.

Another way is saying that 5285 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011210667952628 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-five knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred twenty point zero seven five feet per second:

5285 kt ≅ 8920.075 ft/s

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