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 5799 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5799 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

5799 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5799 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9787.6093613214 ft/s

The final result is:

5799 kt → 9787.6093613214 ft/s

We conclude that 5799 knots is equivalent to 9787.6093613214 feet per second:

5799 knots = 9787.6093613214 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 0.00010216999505025 × 5799 knots.

Another way is saying that 5799 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010216999505025 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 ninety-nine knots is approximately nine thousand seven hundred eighty-seven point six zero nine feet per second:

5799 kt ≅ 9787.609 ft/s

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