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 5423 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5423 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

5423 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5423 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9152.9928550519 ft/s

The final result is:

5423 kt → 9152.9928550519 ft/s

We conclude that 5423 knots is equivalent to 9152.9928550519 feet per second:

5423 knots = 9152.9928550519 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 0.0001092538818544 × 5423 knots.

Another way is saying that 5423 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001092538818544 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-three knots is approximately nine thousand one hundred fifty-two point nine nine three feet per second:

5423 kt ≅ 9152.993 ft/s

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