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 5739 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5739 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

5739 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5739 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9686.3407698954 ft/s

The final result is:

5739 kt → 9686.3407698954 ft/s

We conclude that 5739 knots is equivalent to 9686.3407698954 feet per second:

5739 knots = 9686.3407698954 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 0.00010323816018408 × 5739 knots.

Another way is saying that 5739 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010323816018408 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-nine knots is approximately nine thousand six hundred eighty-six point three four one feet per second:

5739 kt ≅ 9686.341 ft/s

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