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 4646 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4646 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

4646 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4646 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7841.5645960854 ft/s

The final result is:

4646 kt → 7841.5645960854 ft/s

We conclude that 4646 knots is equivalent to 7841.5645960854 feet per second:

4646 knots = 7841.5645960854 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 0.00012752557066216 × 4646 knots.

Another way is saying that 4646 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012752557066216 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 six hundred forty-six knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred forty-one point five six five feet per second:

4646 kt ≅ 7841.565 ft/s

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