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 4762 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4762 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

4762 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4762 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8037.3505395089 ft/s

The final result is:

4762 kt → 8037.3505395089 ft/s

We conclude that 4762 knots is equivalent to 8037.3505395089 feet per second:

4762 knots = 8037.3505395089 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 0.00012441910989005 × 4762 knots.

Another way is saying that 4762 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012441910989005 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 sixty-two knots is approximately eight thousand thirty-seven point three five one feet per second:

4762 kt ≅ 8037.351 ft/s

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