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 4378 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4378 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

4378 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4378 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7389.2315543826 ft/s

The final result is:

4378 kt → 7389.2315543826 ft/s

We conclude that 4378 knots is equivalent to 7389.2315543826 feet per second:

4378 knots = 7389.2315543826 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 0.00013533206973422 × 4378 knots.

Another way is saying that 4378 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013533206973422 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 three hundred seventy-eight knots is approximately seven thousand three hundred eighty-nine point two three two feet per second:

4378 kt ≅ 7389.232 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand three hundred seventy-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