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 5389 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5389 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

5389 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5389 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9095.6073199105 ft/s

The final result is:

5389 kt → 9095.6073199105 ft/s

We conclude that 5389 knots is equivalent to 9095.6073199105 feet per second:

5389 knots = 9095.6073199105 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 0.00010994318079354 × 5389 knots.

Another way is saying that 5389 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010994318079354 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-nine knots is approximately nine thousand ninety-five point six zero seven feet per second:

5389 kt ≅ 9095.607 ft/s

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