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 5917 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5917 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

5917 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5917 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 9986.7709244591 ft/s

The final result is:

5917 kt → 9986.7709244591 ft/s

We conclude that 5917 knots is equivalent to 9986.7709244591 feet per second:

5917 knots = 9986.7709244591 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 0.00010013246599567 × 5917 knots.

Another way is saying that 5917 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010013246599567 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 seventeen knots is approximately nine thousand nine hundred eighty-six point seven seven one feet per second:

5917 kt ≅ 9986.771 ft/s

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