Unit Converter
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 4242 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4242 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
4242 kt → V(ft/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:
V(ft/s) = 4242 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s
V(ft/s) = 7159.6894138171 ft/s
The final result is:
4242 kt → 7159.6894138171 ft/s
We conclude that 4242 knots is equivalent to 7159.6894138171 feet per second:
4242 knots = 7159.6894138171 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 0.00013967086310618 × 4242 knots.
Another way is saying that 4242 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013967086310618 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 forty-two knots is approximately seven thousand one hundred fifty-nine point six eight nine feet per second:
4242 kt ≅ 7159.689 ft/s
An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand two hundred forty-two 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
knots (kt) | feet per second (ft/s) |
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4243 knots | 7161.377 feet per second |
4244 knots | 7163.065 feet per second |
4245 knots | 7164.753 feet per second |
4246 knots | 7166.441 feet per second |
4247 knots | 7168.128 feet per second |
4248 knots | 7169.816 feet per second |
4249 knots | 7171.504 feet per second |
4250 knots | 7173.192 feet per second |
4251 knots | 7174.88 feet per second |
4252 knots | 7176.568 feet per second |