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 4040 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4040 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

4040 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 4040 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2393.6345572375 kt

The final result is:

4040 ft/s → 2393.6345572375 kt

We conclude that 4040 feet per second is equivalent to 2393.6345572375 knots:

4040 feet per second = 2393.6345572375 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0004177747171039 × 4040 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4040 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0004177747171039 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand forty feet per second is approximately two thousand three hundred ninety-three point six three five knots:

4040 ft/s ≅ 2393.635 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand forty 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