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 4479 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4479 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

4479 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4479 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7559.7003499497 ft/s

The final result is:

4479 kt → 7559.7003499497 ft/s

We conclude that 4479 knots is equivalent to 7559.7003499497 feet per second:

4479 knots = 7559.7003499497 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 0.00013228037537317 × 4479 knots.

Another way is saying that 4479 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013228037537317 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 seventy-nine knots is approximately seven thousand five hundred fifty-nine point seven feet per second:

4479 kt ≅ 7559.7 ft/s

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