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 4290 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4290 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

4290 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4290 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7240.7042869579 ft/s

The final result is:

4290 kt → 7240.7042869579 ft/s

We conclude that 4290 knots is equivalent to 7240.7042869579 feet per second:

4290 knots = 7240.7042869579 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 0.0001381081121903 × 4290 knots.

Another way is saying that 4290 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001381081121903 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 ninety knots is approximately seven thousand two hundred forty point seven zero four feet per second:

4290 kt ≅ 7240.704 ft/s

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