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 7838 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7838 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

7838 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7838 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4643.8880345612 kt

The final result is:

7838 ft/s → 4643.8880345612 kt

We conclude that 7838 feet per second is equivalent to 4643.8880345612 knots:

7838 feet per second = 4643.8880345612 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00021533680238578 × 7838 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7838 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021533680238578 knots.

Approximate result

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

7838 ft/s ≅ 4643.888 kt

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