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 7171 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7171 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

7171 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7171 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4248.7013390965 kt

The final result is:

7171 ft/s → 4248.7013390965 kt

We conclude that 7171 feet per second is equivalent to 4248.7013390965 knots:

7171 feet per second = 4248.7013390965 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00023536603780501 × 7171 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7171 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023536603780501 knots.

Approximate result

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

7171 ft/s ≅ 4248.701 kt

An alternative is also that one knot is approximately zero times seven thousand one hundred seventy-one 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