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 5801 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5801 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

5801 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5801 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9790.9849810356 ft/s

The final result is:

5801 kt → 9790.9849810356 ft/s

We conclude that 5801 knots is equivalent to 9790.9849810356 feet per second:

5801 knots = 9790.9849810356 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 0.00010213477009074 × 5801 knots.

Another way is saying that 5801 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010213477009074 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 eight hundred one knots is approximately nine thousand seven hundred ninety point nine eight five feet per second:

5801 kt ≅ 9790.985 ft/s

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