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 4779 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4779 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

4779 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4779 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8066.0433070796 ft/s

The final result is:

4779 kt → 8066.0433070796 ft/s

We conclude that 4779 knots is equivalent to 8066.0433070796 feet per second:

4779 knots = 8066.0433070796 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 0.00012397652255627 × 4779 knots.

Another way is saying that 4779 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012397652255627 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-nine knots is approximately eight thousand sixty-six point zero four three feet per second:

4779 kt ≅ 8066.043 ft/s

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