Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 4492 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4492 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

4492 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 4492 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2661.4372354235 kt

The final result is:

4492 ft/s → 2661.4372354235 kt

We conclude that 4492 feet per second is equivalent to 2661.4372354235 knots:

4492 feet per second = 2661.4372354235 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00037573683372657 × 4492 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4492 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00037573683372657 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand four hundred ninety-two feet per second is approximately two thousand six hundred sixty-one point four three seven knots:

4492 ft/s ≅ 2661.437 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand four hundred ninety-two feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots