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 5378 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5378 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

5378 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5378 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9077.0414114824 ft/s

The final result is:

5378 kt → 9077.0414114824 ft/s

We conclude that 5378 knots is equivalent to 9077.0414114824 feet per second:

5378 knots = 9077.0414114824 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 0.00011016805528011 × 5378 knots.

Another way is saying that 5378 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011016805528011 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 seventy-eight knots is approximately nine thousand seventy-seven point zero four one feet per second:

5378 kt ≅ 9077.041 ft/s

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