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 4979 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4979 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

4979 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4979 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8403.6052784996 ft/s

The final result is:

4979 kt → 8403.6052784996 ft/s

We conclude that 4979 knots is equivalent to 8403.6052784996 feet per second:

4979 knots = 8403.6052784996 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 0.00011899654575144 × 4979 knots.

Another way is saying that 4979 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011899654575144 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 seventy-nine knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred three point six zero five feet per second:

4979 kt ≅ 8403.605 ft/s

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