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 7971 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7971 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

7971 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7971 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4722.6883801337 kt

The final result is:

7971 ft/s → 4722.6883801337 kt

We conclude that 7971 feet per second is equivalent to 4722.6883801337 knots:

7971 feet per second = 4722.6883801337 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00021174380342488 × 7971 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7971 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021174380342488 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 seventy-one feet per second is approximately four thousand seven hundred twenty-two point six eight eight knots:

7971 ft/s ≅ 4722.688 kt

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