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 5400 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5400 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

5400 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5400 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9114.1732283386 ft/s

The final result is:

5400 kt → 9114.1732283386 ft/s

We conclude that 5400 knots is equivalent to 9114.1732283386 feet per second:

5400 knots = 9114.1732283386 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 0.0001097192224623 × 5400 knots.

Another way is saying that 5400 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001097192224623 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 four hundred knots is approximately nine thousand one hundred fourteen point one seven three feet per second:

5400 kt ≅ 9114.173 ft/s

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