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 5908 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5908 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

5908 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5908 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9971.5806357452 ft/s

The final result is:

5908 kt → 9971.5806357452 ft/s

We conclude that 5908 knots is equivalent to 9971.5806357452 feet per second:

5908 knots = 9971.5806357452 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 0.00010028500360467 × 5908 knots.

Another way is saying that 5908 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010028500360467 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 eight knots is approximately nine thousand nine hundred seventy-one point five eight one feet per second:

5908 kt ≅ 9971.581 ft/s

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