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 4997 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 4997 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

4997 kt → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4997 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 8433.9858559274 ft/s

The final result is:

4997 kt → 8433.9858559274 ft/s

We conclude that 4997 knots is equivalent to 8433.9858559274 feet per second:

4997 knots = 8433.9858559274 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 0.00011856790099988 × 4997 knots.

Another way is saying that 4997 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011856790099988 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-seven knots is approximately eight thousand four hundred thirty-three point nine eight six feet per second:

4997 kt ≅ 8433.986 ft/s

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