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 4438 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4438 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

4438 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4438 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7490.5001458086 ft/s

The final result is:

4438 kt → 7490.5001458086 ft/s

We conclude that 4438 knots is equivalent to 7490.5001458086 feet per second:

4438 knots = 7490.5001458086 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 0.00013350243382073 × 4438 knots.

Another way is saying that 4438 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013350243382073 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 four hundred thirty-eight knots is approximately seven thousand four hundred ninety point five feet per second:

4438 kt ≅ 7490.5 ft/s

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