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 4673 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4673 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

4673 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4673 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7887.1354622271 ft/s

The final result is:

4673 kt → 7887.1354622271 ft/s

We conclude that 4673 knots is equivalent to 7887.1354622271 feet per second:

4673 knots = 7887.1354622271 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 0.00012678874412506 × 4673 knots.

Another way is saying that 4673 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012678874412506 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-three knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred eighty-seven point one three five feet per second:

4673 kt ≅ 7887.135 ft/s

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