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 5852 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5852 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

5852 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5852 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9877.0632837477 ft/s

The final result is:

5852 kt → 9877.0632837477 ft/s

We conclude that 5852 knots is equivalent to 9877.0632837477 feet per second:

5852 knots = 9877.0632837477 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 0.00010124466871094 × 5852 knots.

Another way is saying that 5852 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010124466871094 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 fifty-two knots is approximately nine thousand eight hundred seventy-seven point zero six three feet per second:

5852 kt ≅ 9877.063 ft/s

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