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 5472 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5472 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

5472 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5472 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9235.6955380498 ft/s

The final result is:

5472 kt → 9235.6955380498 ft/s

We conclude that 5472 knots is equivalent to 9235.6955380498 feet per second:

5472 knots = 9235.6955380498 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 0.00010827554848253 × 5472 knots.

Another way is saying that 5472 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010827554848253 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 seventy-two knots is approximately nine thousand two hundred thirty-five point six nine six feet per second:

5472 kt ≅ 9235.696 ft/s

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