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 5990 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5990 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

5990 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5990 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10109.981044027 ft/s

The final result is:

5990 kt → 10109.981044027 ft/s

We conclude that 5990 knots is equivalent to 10109.981044027 feet per second:

5990 knots = 10109.981044027 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 9.8912153805744E-5 × 5990 knots.

Another way is saying that 5990 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.8912153805744E-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 ninety knots is approximately ten thousand one hundred nine point nine eight one feet per second:

5990 kt ≅ 10109.981 ft/s

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