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 5884 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5884 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

5884 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5884 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9931.0731991749 ft/s

The final result is:

5884 kt → 9931.0731991749 ft/s

We conclude that 5884 knots is equivalent to 9931.0731991749 feet per second:

5884 knots = 9931.0731991749 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 0.00010069405188586 × 5884 knots.

Another way is saying that 5884 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010069405188586 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 eighty-four knots is approximately nine thousand nine hundred thirty-one point zero seven three feet per second:

5884 kt ≅ 9931.073 ft/s

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