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 7898 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7898 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

7898 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7898 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4679.437062639 kt

The final result is:

7898 ft/s → 4679.437062639 kt

We conclude that 7898 feet per second is equivalent to 4679.437062639 knots:

7898 feet per second = 4679.437062639 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00021370091885284 × 7898 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7898 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021370091885284 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 ninety-eight feet per second is approximately four thousand six hundred seventy-nine point four three seven knots:

7898 ft/s ≅ 4679.437 kt

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