Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 4678 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4678 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

4678 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 4678 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2771.6392224646 kt

The final result is:

4678 ft/s → 2771.6392224646 kt

We conclude that 4678 feet per second is equivalent to 2771.6392224646 knots:

4678 feet per second = 2771.6392224646 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00036079731874727 × 4678 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4678 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00036079731874727 knots.

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-eight feet per second is approximately two thousand seven hundred seventy-one point six three nine knots:

4678 ft/s ≅ 2771.639 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand six hundred seventy-eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots