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 4662 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4662 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

4662 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4662 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7868.569553799 ft/s

The final result is:

4662 kt → 7868.569553799 ft/s

We conclude that 4662 knots is equivalent to 7868.569553799 feet per second:

4662 knots = 7868.569553799 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 0.00012708790246598 × 4662 knots.

Another way is saying that 4662 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012708790246598 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 sixty-two knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred sixty-eight point five seven feet per second:

4662 kt ≅ 7868.57 ft/s

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