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 5900 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5900 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

5900 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5900 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9958.0781568885 ft/s

The final result is:

5900 kt → 9958.0781568885 ft/s

We conclude that 5900 knots is equivalent to 9958.0781568885 feet per second:

5900 knots = 9958.0781568885 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 0.00010042098327058 × 5900 knots.

Another way is saying that 5900 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010042098327058 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 nine hundred knots is approximately nine thousand nine hundred fifty-eight point zero seven eight feet per second:

5900 kt ≅ 9958.078 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand nine hundred 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