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 4690 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4690 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

4690 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4690 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7915.8282297978 ft/s

The final result is:

4690 kt → 7915.8282297978 ft/s

We conclude that 4690 knots is equivalent to 7915.8282297978 feet per second:

4690 knots = 7915.8282297978 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 0.00012632916871992 × 4690 knots.

Another way is saying that 4690 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012632916871992 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 ninety knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred fifteen point eight two eight feet per second:

4690 kt ≅ 7915.828 ft/s

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