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 4672 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4672 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

4672 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4672 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7885.44765237 ft/s

The final result is:

4672 kt → 7885.44765237 ft/s

We conclude that 4672 knots is equivalent to 7885.44765237 feet per second:

4672 knots = 7885.44765237 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 0.0001268158821268 × 4672 knots.

Another way is saying that 4672 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001268158821268 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 seventy-two knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred eighty-five point four four eight feet per second:

4672 kt ≅ 7885.448 ft/s

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