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 4793 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4793 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

4793 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 4793 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2839.7748596137 kt

The final result is:

4793 ft/s → 2839.7748596137 kt

We conclude that 4793 feet per second is equivalent to 2839.7748596137 knots:

4793 feet per second = 2839.7748596137 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00035214059192567 × 4793 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4793 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00035214059192567 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-three feet per second is approximately two thousand eight hundred thirty-nine point seven seven five knots:

4793 ft/s ≅ 2839.775 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand seven hundred ninety-three 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