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 4996 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4996 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

4996 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4996 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8432.2980460703 ft/s

The final result is:

4996 kt → 8432.2980460703 ft/s

We conclude that 4996 knots is equivalent to 8432.2980460703 feet per second:

4996 knots = 8432.2980460703 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 0.00011859163356613 × 4996 knots.

Another way is saying that 4996 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011859163356613 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-six knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred thirty-two point two nine eight feet per second:

4996 kt ≅ 8432.298 ft/s

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