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 4736 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4736 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

4736 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4736 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7993.4674832244 ft/s

The final result is:

4736 kt → 7993.4674832244 ft/s

We conclude that 4736 knots is equivalent to 7993.4674832244 feet per second:

4736 knots = 7993.4674832244 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 0.00012510215398995 × 4736 knots.

Another way is saying that 4736 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012510215398995 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 thirty-six knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred ninety-three point four six seven feet per second:

4736 kt ≅ 7993.467 ft/s

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