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 4979 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4979 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

4979 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 4979 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2949.9768466548 kt

The final result is:

4979 ft/s → 2949.9768466548 kt

We conclude that 4979 feet per second is equivalent to 2949.9768466548 knots:

4979 feet per second = 2949.9768466548 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033898571140786 × 4979 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033898571140786 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-nine feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred forty-nine point nine seven seven knots:

4979 ft/s ≅ 2949.977 kt

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