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 5833 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5833 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

5833 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5833 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9844.9948964628 ft/s

The final result is:

5833 kt → 9844.9948964628 ft/s

We conclude that 5833 knots is equivalent to 9844.9948964628 feet per second:

5833 knots = 9844.9948964628 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 0.00010157445590544 × 5833 knots.

Another way is saying that 5833 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010157445590544 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 thirty-three knots is approximately nine thousand eight hundred forty-four point nine nine five feet per second:

5833 kt ≅ 9844.995 ft/s

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