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 4972 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4972 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

4972 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 4972 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2945.8294600457 kt

The final result is:

4972 ft/s → 2945.8294600457 kt

We conclude that 4972 feet per second is equivalent to 2945.8294600457 knots:

4972 feet per second = 2945.8294600457 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033946296401845 × 4972 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4972 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033946296401845 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-two feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred forty-five point eight two nine knots:

4972 ft/s ≅ 2945.829 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred seventy-two 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