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 4889 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4889 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

4889 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4889 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8251.7023913606 ft/s

The final result is:

4889 kt → 8251.7023913606 ft/s

We conclude that 4889 knots is equivalent to 8251.7023913606 feet per second:

4889 knots = 8251.7023913606 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 0.0001211871141944 × 4889 knots.

Another way is saying that 4889 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001211871141944 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 eighty-nine knots is approximately eight thousand two hundred fifty-one point seven zero two feet per second:

4889 kt ≅ 8251.702 ft/s

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