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 5690 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5690 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

5690 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5690 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9603.6380868975 ft/s

The final result is:

5690 kt → 9603.6380868975 ft/s

We conclude that 5690 knots is equivalent to 9603.6380868975 feet per second:

5690 knots = 9603.6380868975 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 0.00010412720585174 × 5690 knots.

Another way is saying that 5690 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010412720585174 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 ninety knots is approximately nine thousand six hundred three point six three eight feet per second:

5690 kt ≅ 9603.638 ft/s

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