Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:
1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt
To convert 4971 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4971 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt
4971 ft/s → V(kt)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:
V(kt) = 4971 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt
V(kt) = 2945.2369762444 kt
The final result is:
4971 ft/s → 2945.2369762444 kt
We conclude that 4971 feet per second is equivalent to 2945.2369762444 knots:
4971 feet per second = 2945.2369762444 knots
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033953125268552 × 4971 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4971 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033953125268552 knots.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand nine hundred seventy-one feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred forty-five point two three seven knots:
4971 ft/s ≅ 2945.237 kt
An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred seventy-one feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to knots chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots
feet per second (ft/s) | knots (kt) |
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4972 feet per second | 2945.829 knots |
4973 feet per second | 2946.422 knots |
4974 feet per second | 2947.014 knots |
4975 feet per second | 2947.607 knots |
4976 feet per second | 2948.199 knots |
4977 feet per second | 2948.792 knots |
4978 feet per second | 2949.384 knots |
4979 feet per second | 2949.977 knots |
4980 feet per second | 2950.569 knots |
4981 feet per second | 2951.162 knots |