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 5735 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5735 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

5735 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5735 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9679.589530467 ft/s

The final result is:

5735 kt → 9679.589530467 ft/s

We conclude that 5735 knots is equivalent to 9679.589530467 feet per second:

5735 knots = 9679.589530467 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 0.00010331016587557 × 5735 knots.

Another way is saying that 5735 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010331016587557 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 thirty-five knots is approximately nine thousand six hundred seventy-nine point five nine feet per second:

5735 kt ≅ 9679.59 ft/s

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