Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 4791 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4791 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

4791 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 4791 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2838.5898920111 kt

The final result is:

4791 ft/s → 2838.5898920111 kt

We conclude that 4791 feet per second is equivalent to 2838.5898920111 knots:

4791 feet per second = 2838.5898920111 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00035228759279894 × 4791 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4791 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00035228759279894 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand seven hundred ninety-one feet per second is approximately two thousand eight hundred thirty-eight point five nine knots:

4791 ft/s ≅ 2838.59 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand seven hundred ninety-one feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots