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 4228 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4228 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

4228 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4228 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7136.0600758177 ft/s

The final result is:

4228 kt → 7136.0600758177 ft/s

We conclude that 4228 knots is equivalent to 7136.0600758177 feet per second:

4228 knots = 7136.0600758177 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 0.00014013334940785 × 4228 knots.

Another way is saying that 4228 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00014013334940785 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand two hundred twenty-eight knots is approximately seven thousand one hundred thirty-six point zero six feet per second:

4228 kt ≅ 7136.06 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand two hundred twenty-eight 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