Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 5849 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5849 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

5849 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 5849 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 3465.4377537827 kt

The final result is:

5849 ft/s → 3465.4377537827 kt

We conclude that 5849 feet per second is equivalent to 3465.4377537827 knots:

5849 feet per second = 3465.4377537827 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00028856383263801 × 5849 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5849 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00028856383263801 knots.

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-nine feet per second is approximately three thousand four hundred sixty-five point four three eight knots:

5849 ft/s ≅ 3465.438 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand eight hundred forty-nine feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots