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 5687 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5687 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

5687 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5687 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9598.5746573262 ft/s

The final result is:

5687 kt → 9598.5746573262 ft/s

We conclude that 5687 knots is equivalent to 9598.5746573262 feet per second:

5687 knots = 9598.5746573262 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 0.00010418213492112 × 5687 knots.

Another way is saying that 5687 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010418213492112 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 eighty-seven knots is approximately nine thousand five hundred ninety-eight point five seven five feet per second:

5687 kt ≅ 9598.575 ft/s

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