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 5662 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5662 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

5662 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5662 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9556.3794108987 ft/s

The final result is:

5662 kt → 9556.3794108987 ft/s

We conclude that 5662 knots is equivalent to 9556.3794108987 feet per second:

5662 knots = 9556.3794108987 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 0.00010464214081533 × 5662 knots.

Another way is saying that 5662 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010464214081533 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 six hundred sixty-two knots is approximately nine thousand five hundred fifty-six point three seven nine feet per second:

5662 kt ≅ 9556.379 ft/s

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