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 4657 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4657 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

4657 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4657 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7860.1305045135 ft/s

The final result is:

4657 kt → 7860.1305045135 ft/s

We conclude that 4657 knots is equivalent to 7860.1305045135 feet per second:

4657 knots = 7860.1305045135 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 0.00012722435071858 × 4657 knots.

Another way is saying that 4657 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012722435071858 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 fifty-seven knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred sixty point one three one feet per second:

4657 kt ≅ 7860.131 ft/s

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