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 5995 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 5995 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

5995 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 5995 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 10118.420093313 ft/s

The final result is:

5995 kt → 10118.420093313 ft/s

We conclude that 5995 knots is equivalent to 10118.420093313 feet per second:

5995 knots = 10118.420093313 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 9.8829658264622E-5 × 5995 knots.

Another way is saying that 5995 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 9.8829658264622E-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-five knots is approximately ten thousand one hundred eighteen point four two feet per second:

5995 kt ≅ 10118.42 ft/s

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