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 4950 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4950 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

4950 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4950 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8354.6587926437 ft/s

The final result is:

4950 kt → 8354.6587926437 ft/s

We conclude that 4950 knots is equivalent to 8354.6587926437 feet per second:

4950 knots = 8354.6587926437 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 0.0001196936972316 × 4950 knots.

Another way is saying that 4950 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001196936972316 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 fifty knots is approximately eight thousand three hundred fifty-four point six five nine feet per second:

4950 kt ≅ 8354.659 ft/s

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