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 5477 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5477 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

5477 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5477 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9244.1345873353 ft/s

The final result is:

5477 kt → 9244.1345873353 ft/s

We conclude that 5477 knots is equivalent to 9244.1345873353 feet per second:

5477 knots = 9244.1345873353 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 0.0001081767028111 × 5477 knots.

Another way is saying that 5477 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001081767028111 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-seven knots is approximately nine thousand two hundred forty-four point one three five feet per second:

5477 kt ≅ 9244.135 ft/s

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