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 5817 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5817 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

5817 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5817 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9817.9899387492 ft/s

The final result is:

5817 kt → 9817.9899387492 ft/s

We conclude that 5817 knots is equivalent to 9817.9899387492 feet per second:

5817 knots = 9817.9899387492 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 0.00010185384240956 × 5817 knots.

Another way is saying that 5817 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010185384240956 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 seventeen knots is approximately nine thousand eight hundred seventeen point nine nine feet per second:

5817 kt ≅ 9817.99 ft/s

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