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 5420 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5420 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

5420 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5420 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9147.9294254806 ft/s

The final result is:

5420 kt → 9147.9294254806 ft/s

We conclude that 5420 knots is equivalent to 9147.9294254806 feet per second:

5420 knots = 9147.9294254806 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 0.00010931435448273 × 5420 knots.

Another way is saying that 5420 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010931435448273 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 twenty knots is approximately nine thousand one hundred forty-seven point nine two nine feet per second:

5420 kt ≅ 9147.929 ft/s

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