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 5891 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5891 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

5891 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5891 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9942.8878681746 ft/s

The final result is:

5891 kt → 9942.8878681746 ft/s

We conclude that 5891 knots is equivalent to 9942.8878681746 feet per second:

5891 knots = 9942.8878681746 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 0.00010057440184967 × 5891 knots.

Another way is saying that 5891 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010057440184967 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 ninety-one knots is approximately nine thousand nine hundred forty-two point eight eight eight feet per second:

5891 kt ≅ 9942.888 ft/s

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