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 4246 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4246 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

4246 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4246 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7166.4406532455 ft/s

The final result is:

4246 kt → 7166.4406532455 ft/s

We conclude that 4246 knots is equivalent to 7166.4406532455 feet per second:

4246 knots = 7166.4406532455 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 0.00013953928433735 × 4246 knots.

Another way is saying that 4246 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013953928433735 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-six knots is approximately seven thousand one hundred sixty-six point four four one feet per second:

4246 kt ≅ 7166.441 ft/s

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