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 4952 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4952 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

4952 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4952 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8358.0344123579 ft/s

The final result is:

4952 kt → 8358.0344123579 ft/s

We conclude that 4952 knots is equivalent to 8358.0344123579 feet per second:

4952 knots = 8358.0344123579 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 0.00011964535567375 × 4952 knots.

Another way is saying that 4952 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011964535567375 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-two knots is approximately eight thousand three hundred fifty-eight point zero three four feet per second:

4952 kt ≅ 8358.034 ft/s

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