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 7040 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7040 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

7040 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7040 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4171.0859611267 kt

The final result is:

7040 ft/s → 4171.0859611267 kt

We conclude that 7040 feet per second is equivalent to 4171.0859611267 knots:

7040 feet per second = 4171.0859611267 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00023974571833803 × 7040 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7040 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023974571833803 knots.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven thousand forty feet per second is approximately four thousand one hundred seventy-one point zero eight six knots:

7040 ft/s ≅ 4171.086 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times seven thousand forty 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