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 4993 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4993 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

4993 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4993 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8427.234616499 ft/s

The final result is:

4993 kt → 8427.234616499 ft/s

We conclude that 4993 knots is equivalent to 8427.234616499 feet per second:

4993 knots = 8427.234616499 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 0.00011866288830291 × 4993 knots.

Another way is saying that 4993 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011866288830291 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-three knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred twenty-seven point two three five feet per second:

4993 kt ≅ 8427.235 ft/s

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