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 5553 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5553 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

5553 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5553 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9372.4081364748 ft/s

The final result is:

5553 kt → 9372.4081364748 ft/s

We conclude that 5553 knots is equivalent to 9372.4081364748 feet per second:

5553 knots = 9372.4081364748 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 0.00010669616446901 × 5553 knots.

Another way is saying that 5553 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010669616446901 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 five hundred fifty-three knots is approximately nine thousand three hundred seventy-two point four zero eight feet per second:

5553 kt ≅ 9372.408 ft/s

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