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 7472 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7472 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

7472 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7472 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4427.0389632868 kt

The final result is:

7472 ft/s → 4427.0389632868 kt

We conclude that 7472 feet per second is equivalent to 4427.0389632868 knots:

7472 feet per second = 4427.0389632868 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00022588461684954 × 7472 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7472 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00022588461684954 knots.

Approximate result

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

7472 ft/s ≅ 4427.039 kt

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