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 4237 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4237 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

4237 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4237 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7151.2503645316 ft/s

The final result is:

4237 kt → 7151.2503645316 ft/s

We conclude that 4237 knots is equivalent to 7151.2503645316 feet per second:

4237 knots = 7151.2503645316 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 0.0001398356859326 × 4237 knots.

Another way is saying that 4237 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001398356859326 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 thirty-seven knots is approximately seven thousand one hundred fifty-one point two five feet per second:

4237 kt ≅ 7151.25 ft/s

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