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 4777 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4777 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

4777 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4777 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8062.6676873654 ft/s

The final result is:

4777 kt → 8062.6676873654 ft/s

We conclude that 4777 knots is equivalent to 8062.6676873654 feet per second:

4777 knots = 8062.6676873654 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 0.00012402842815499 × 4777 knots.

Another way is saying that 4777 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012402842815499 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 seventy-seven knots is approximately eight thousand sixty-two point six six eight feet per second:

4777 kt ≅ 8062.668 ft/s

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