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 5968 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5968 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

5968 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5968 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10072.849227171 ft/s

The final result is:

5968 kt → 10072.849227171 ft/s

We conclude that 5968 knots is equivalent to 10072.849227171 feet per second:

5968 knots = 10072.849227171 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 9.9276776356637E-5 × 5968 knots.

Another way is saying that 5968 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.9276776356637E-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 sixty-eight knots is approximately ten thousand seventy-two point eight four nine feet per second:

5968 kt ≅ 10072.849 ft/s

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