Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to knots is 0.59248380129641, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.59248380129641 knots:

1 ft/s = 0.59248380129641 kt

To convert 4999 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 4999 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to knots. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.59248380129641 kt

4999 ft/s → V_(kt)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in knots:

V_(kt) = 4999 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 2961.8265226807 kt

The final result is:

4999 ft/s → 2961.8265226807 kt

We conclude that 4999 feet per second is equivalent to 2961.8265226807 knots:

4999 feet per second = 2961.8265226807 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00033762949731941 × 4999 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4999 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00033762949731941 knots.

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-nine feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred sixty-one point eight two seven knots:

4999 ft/s ≅ 2961.827 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to knots chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to knots