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 7172 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7172 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

7172 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7172 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4249.2938228978 kt

The final result is:

7172 ft/s → 4249.2938228978 kt

We conclude that 7172 feet per second is equivalent to 4249.2938228978 knots:

7172 feet per second = 4249.2938228978 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00023533322045451 × 7172 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7172 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00023533322045451 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-two feet per second is approximately four thousand two hundred forty-nine point two nine four knots:

7172 ft/s ≅ 4249.294 kt

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