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 5387 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5387 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

5387 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5387 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9092.2317001963 ft/s

The final result is:

5387 kt → 9092.2317001963 ft/s

We conclude that 5387 knots is equivalent to 9092.2317001963 feet per second:

5387 knots = 9092.2317001963 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 0.0001099839987556 × 5387 knots.

Another way is saying that 5387 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001099839987556 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-seven knots is approximately nine thousand ninety-two point two three two feet per second:

5387 kt ≅ 9092.232 ft/s

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