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 5427 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5427 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

5427 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5427 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9159.7440944803 ft/s

The final result is:

5427 kt → 9159.7440944803 ft/s

We conclude that 5427 knots is equivalent to 9159.7440944803 feet per second:

5427 knots = 9159.7440944803 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 0.00010917335568388 × 5427 knots.

Another way is saying that 5427 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010917335568388 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-seven knots is approximately nine thousand one hundred fifty-nine point seven four four feet per second:

5427 kt ≅ 9159.744 ft/s

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