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 5871 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5871 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

5871 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 5871 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 3478.4723974112 kt

The final result is:

5871 ft/s → 3478.4723974112 kt

We conclude that 5871 feet per second is equivalent to 3478.4723974112 knots:

5871 feet per second = 3478.4723974112 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002874825169647 × 5871 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5871 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002874825169647 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 seventy-one feet per second is approximately three thousand four hundred seventy-eight point four seven two knots:

5871 ft/s ≅ 3478.472 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand eight hundred seventy-one 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