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 4728 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4728 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

4728 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4728 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7979.9650043676 ft/s

The final result is:

4728 kt → 7979.9650043676 ft/s

We conclude that 4728 knots is equivalent to 7979.9650043676 feet per second:

4728 knots = 7979.9650043676 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 0.00012531383276151 × 4728 knots.

Another way is saying that 4728 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012531383276151 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 twenty-eight knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred seventy-nine point nine six five feet per second:

4728 kt ≅ 7979.965 ft/s

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