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 4917 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4917 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

4917 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4917 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8298.9610673594 ft/s

The final result is:

4917 kt → 8298.9610673594 ft/s

We conclude that 4917 knots is equivalent to 8298.9610673594 feet per second:

4917 knots = 8298.9610673594 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 0.00012049701063584 × 4917 knots.

Another way is saying that 4917 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012049701063584 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 nine hundred seventeen knots is approximately eight thousand two hundred ninety-eight point nine six one feet per second:

4917 kt ≅ 8298.961 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred seventeen 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