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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 473.4 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 473.4 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

473.4 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 473.4 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 280.48183153372 kt

The final result is:

473.4 ft/s → 280.48183153372 kt

We conclude that 473.4 feet per second is equivalent to 280.48183153372 knots:

473.4 feet per second = 280.48183153372 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0035652933187574 × 473.4 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 473.4 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0035652933187574 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred seventy-three point four feet per second is approximately two hundred eighty point four eight two knots:

473.4 ft/s ≅ 280.482 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero point zero zero four times four hundred seventy-three point four 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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
474.4 feet per second 281.074 knots
475.4 feet per second 281.667 knots
476.4 feet per second 282.259 knots
477.4 feet per second 282.852 knots
478.4 feet per second 283.444 knots
479.4 feet per second 284.037 knots
480.4 feet per second 284.629 knots
481.4 feet per second 285.222 knots
482.4 feet per second 285.814 knots
483.4 feet per second 286.407 knots