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 4990 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4990 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

4990 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4990 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8422.1711869277 ft/s

The final result is:

4990 kt → 8422.1711869277 ft/s

We conclude that 4990 knots is equivalent to 8422.1711869277 feet per second:

4990 knots = 8422.1711869277 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 0.00011873422871672 × 4990 knots.

Another way is saying that 4990 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011873422871672 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 ninety knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred twenty-two point one seven one feet per second:

4990 kt ≅ 8422.171 ft/s

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