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 5290 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5290 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

5290 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5290 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8928.5141440576 ft/s

The final result is:

5290 kt → 8928.5141440576 ft/s

We conclude that 5290 knots is equivalent to 8928.5141440576 feet per second:

5290 knots = 8928.5141440576 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 0.00011200071858155 × 5290 knots.

Another way is saying that 5290 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011200071858155 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 ninety knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred twenty-eight point five one four feet per second:

5290 kt ≅ 8928.514 ft/s

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