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 5980 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5980 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

5980 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5980 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10093.102945456 ft/s

The final result is:

5980 kt → 10093.102945456 ft/s

We conclude that 5980 knots is equivalent to 10093.102945456 feet per second:

5980 knots = 10093.102945456 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 9.9077558745219E-5 × 5980 knots.

Another way is saying that 5980 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.9077558745219E-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 eighty knots is approximately ten thousand ninety-three point one zero three feet per second:

5980 kt ≅ 10093.103 ft/s

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