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 5385 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5385 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

5385 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5385 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9088.8560804821 ft/s

The final result is:

5385 kt → 9088.8560804821 ft/s

We conclude that 5385 knots is equivalent to 9088.8560804821 feet per second:

5385 knots = 9088.8560804821 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 0.0001100248470374 × 5385 knots.

Another way is saying that 5385 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001100248470374 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 eighty-five knots is approximately nine thousand eighty-eight point eight five six feet per second:

5385 kt ≅ 9088.856 ft/s

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