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 7900 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7900 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

7900 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7900 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4680.6220302416 kt

The final result is:

7900 ft/s → 4680.6220302416 kt

We conclude that 7900 feet per second is equivalent to 4680.6220302416 knots:

7900 feet per second = 4680.6220302416 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.0002136468173544 × 7900 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7900 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002136468173544 knots.

Approximate result

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

7900 ft/s ≅ 4680.622 kt

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