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 4789 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4789 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

4789 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4789 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8082.9214056506 ft/s

The final result is:

4789 kt → 8082.9214056506 ft/s

We conclude that 4789 knots is equivalent to 8082.9214056506 feet per second:

4789 knots = 8082.9214056506 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 0.00012371764487292 × 4789 knots.

Another way is saying that 4789 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012371764487292 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 eighty-nine knots is approximately eight thousand eighty-two point nine two one feet per second:

4789 kt ≅ 8082.921 ft/s

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