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 4717 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4717 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

4717 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4717 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7961.3990959395 ft/s

The final result is:

4717 kt → 7961.3990959395 ft/s

We conclude that 4717 knots is equivalent to 7961.3990959395 feet per second:

4717 knots = 7961.3990959395 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 0.00012560606345058 × 4717 knots.

Another way is saying that 4717 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012560606345058 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 seven hundred seventeen knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred sixty-one point three nine nine feet per second:

4717 kt ≅ 7961.399 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand seven hundred seventeen 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