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 4679 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4679 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

4679 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4679 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7897.2623213697 ft/s

The final result is:

4679 kt → 7897.2623213697 ft/s

We conclude that 4679 knots is equivalent to 7897.2623213697 feet per second:

4679 knots = 7897.2623213697 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 0.00012662615971285 × 4679 knots.

Another way is saying that 4679 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012662615971285 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-nine knots is approximately seven thousand eight hundred ninety-seven point two six two feet per second:

4679 kt ≅ 7897.262 ft/s

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