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 4388 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4388 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

4388 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4388 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7406.1096529536 ft/s

The final result is:

4388 kt → 7406.1096529536 ft/s

We conclude that 4388 knots is equivalent to 7406.1096529536 feet per second:

4388 knots = 7406.1096529536 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 0.00013502365571933 × 4388 knots.

Another way is saying that 4388 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013502365571933 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 eighty-eight knots is approximately seven thousand four hundred six point one one feet per second:

4388 kt ≅ 7406.11 ft/s

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