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 4792 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4792 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

4792 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4792 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8087.9848352219 ft/s

The final result is:

4792 kt → 8087.9848352219 ft/s

We conclude that 4792 knots is equivalent to 8087.9848352219 feet per second:

4792 knots = 8087.9848352219 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 0.00012364019225718 × 4792 knots.

Another way is saying that 4792 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012364019225718 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 ninety-two knots is approximately eight thousand eighty-seven point nine eight five feet per second:

4792 kt ≅ 8087.985 ft/s

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