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 4738 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4738 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

4738 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4738 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7996.8431029386 ft/s

The final result is:

4738 kt → 7996.8431029386 ft/s

We conclude that 4738 knots is equivalent to 7996.8431029386 feet per second:

4738 knots = 7996.8431029386 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 0.00012504934598911 × 4738 knots.

Another way is saying that 4738 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012504934598911 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-eight knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred ninety-six point eight four three feet per second:

4738 kt ≅ 7996.843 ft/s

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