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 4737 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4737 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

4737 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4737 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7995.1552930815 ft/s

The final result is:

4737 kt → 7995.1552930815 ft/s

We conclude that 4737 knots is equivalent to 7995.1552930815 feet per second:

4737 knots = 7995.1552930815 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 0.00012507574441554 × 4737 knots.

Another way is saying that 4737 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012507574441554 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-seven knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred ninety-five point one five five feet per second:

4737 kt ≅ 7995.155 ft/s

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