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 5938 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5938 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

5938 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5938 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10022.214931458 ft/s

The final result is:

5938 kt → 10022.214931458 ft/s

We conclude that 5938 knots is equivalent to 10022.214931458 feet per second:

5938 knots = 10022.214931458 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 9.9778343094713E-5 × 5938 knots.

Another way is saying that 5938 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.9778343094713E-5 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 thirty-eight knots is approximately ten thousand twenty-two point two one five feet per second:

5938 kt ≅ 10022.215 ft/s

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