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 4958 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4958 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

4958 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4958 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8368.1612715005 ft/s

The final result is:

4958 kt → 8368.1612715005 ft/s

We conclude that 4958 knots is equivalent to 8368.1612715005 feet per second:

4958 knots = 8368.1612715005 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 0.00011950056500533 × 4958 knots.

Another way is saying that 4958 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011950056500533 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-eight knots is approximately eight thousand three hundred sixty-eight point one six one feet per second:

4958 kt ≅ 8368.161 ft/s

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