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 4742 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4742 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

4742 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4742 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8003.594342367 ft/s

The final result is:

4742 kt → 8003.594342367 ft/s

We conclude that 4742 knots is equivalent to 8003.594342367 feet per second:

4742 knots = 8003.594342367 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 0.00012494386362219 × 4742 knots.

Another way is saying that 4742 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012494386362219 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 forty-two knots is approximately eight thousand three point five nine four feet per second:

4742 kt ≅ 8003.594 ft/s

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