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 4872 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4872 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

4872 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4872 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8223.0096237899 ft/s

The final result is:

4872 kt → 8223.0096237899 ft/s

We conclude that 4872 knots is equivalent to 8223.0096237899 feet per second:

4872 knots = 8223.0096237899 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 0.00012160997563555 × 4872 knots.

Another way is saying that 4872 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012160997563555 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 eight hundred seventy-two knots is approximately eight thousand two hundred twenty-three point zero one feet per second:

4872 kt ≅ 8223.01 ft/s

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