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 5842 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5842 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

5842 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5842 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9860.1851851767 ft/s

The final result is:

5842 kt → 9860.1851851767 ft/s

We conclude that 5842 knots is equivalent to 9860.1851851767 feet per second:

5842 knots = 9860.1851851767 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 0.00010141797351873 × 5842 knots.

Another way is saying that 5842 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010141797351873 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 forty-two knots is approximately nine thousand eight hundred sixty point one eight five feet per second:

5842 kt ≅ 9860.185 ft/s

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