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 5729 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5729 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

5729 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5729 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9669.4626713244 ft/s

The final result is:

5729 kt → 9669.4626713244 ft/s

We conclude that 5729 knots is equivalent to 9669.4626713244 feet per second:

5729 knots = 9669.4626713244 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 0.0001034183629423 × 5729 knots.

Another way is saying that 5729 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001034183629423 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 seven hundred twenty-nine knots is approximately nine thousand six hundred sixty-nine point four six three feet per second:

5729 kt ≅ 9669.463 ft/s

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