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 4739 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4739 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

4739 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4739 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 7998.5309127957 ft/s

The final result is:

4739 kt → 7998.5309127957 ft/s

We conclude that 4739 knots is equivalent to 7998.5309127957 feet per second:

4739 knots = 7998.5309127957 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 0.00012502295870361 × 4739 knots.

Another way is saying that 4739 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012502295870361 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-nine knots is approximately seven thousand nine hundred ninety-eight point five three one feet per second:

4739 kt ≅ 7998.531 ft/s

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