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 5330 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5330 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

5330 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5330 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8996.0265383416 ft/s

The final result is:

5330 kt → 8996.0265383416 ft/s

We conclude that 5330 knots is equivalent to 8996.0265383416 feet per second:

5330 knots = 8996.0265383416 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 0.00011116018786049 × 5330 knots.

Another way is saying that 5330 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011116018786049 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 thirty knots is approximately eight thousand nine hundred ninety-six point zero two seven feet per second:

5330 kt ≅ 8996.027 ft/s

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