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 4978 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4978 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

4978 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 4978 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2949.3843628535 kt

The final result is:

4978 ft/s → 2949.3843628535 kt

We conclude that 4978 feet per second is equivalent to 2949.3843628535 knots:

4978 feet per second = 2949.3843628535 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033905380817592 × 4978 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4978 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033905380817592 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-eight feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred forty-nine point three eight four knots:

4978 ft/s ≅ 2949.384 kt

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