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 5848 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5848 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

5848 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5848 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9870.3120443193 ft/s

The final result is:

5848 kt → 9870.3120443193 ft/s

We conclude that 5848 knots is equivalent to 9870.3120443193 feet per second:

5848 knots = 9870.3120443193 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 0.00010131391951033 × 5848 knots.

Another way is saying that 5848 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010131391951033 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-eight knots is approximately nine thousand eight hundred seventy point three one two feet per second:

5848 kt ≅ 9870.312 ft/s

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