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 5308 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5308 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

5308 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5308 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8958.8947214854 ft/s

The final result is:

5308 kt → 8958.8947214854 ft/s

We conclude that 5308 knots is equivalent to 8958.8947214854 feet per second:

5308 knots = 8958.8947214854 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 0.00011162091207543 × 5308 knots.

Another way is saying that 5308 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011162091207543 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 three hundred eight knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred fifty-eight point eight nine five feet per second:

5308 kt ≅ 8958.895 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand three hundred eight 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