Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 5998 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 5998 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

5998 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 5998 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 3553.7178401759 kt

The final result is:

5998 ft/s → 3553.7178401759 kt

We conclude that 5998 feet per second is equivalent to 3553.7178401759 knots:

5998 feet per second = 3553.7178401759 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002813954413304 × 5998 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5998 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002813954413304 knots.

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-eight feet per second is approximately three thousand five hundred fifty-three point seven one eight knots:

5998 ft/s ≅ 3553.718 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times five thousand nine hundred ninety-eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots