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 4992 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4992 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

4992 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4992 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8425.5468066419 ft/s

The final result is:

4992 kt → 8425.5468066419 ft/s

We conclude that 4992 knots is equivalent to 8425.5468066419 feet per second:

4992 knots = 8425.5468066419 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 0.00011868665891354 × 4992 knots.

Another way is saying that 4992 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011868665891354 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-two knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred twenty-five point five four seven feet per second:

4992 kt ≅ 8425.547 ft/s

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