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 5312 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5312 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

5312 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5312 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8965.6459609138 ft/s

The final result is:

5312 kt → 8965.6459609138 ft/s

We conclude that 5312 knots is equivalent to 8965.6459609138 feet per second:

5312 knots = 8965.6459609138 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 0.00011153686018381 × 5312 knots.

Another way is saying that 5312 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011153686018381 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 twelve knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred sixty-five point six four six feet per second:

5312 kt ≅ 8965.646 ft/s

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