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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 7979 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7979 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

7979 ft/s → V(kt)

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

V(kt) = 7979 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V(kt) = 4727.428250544 kt

The final result is:

7979 ft/s → 4727.428250544 kt

We conclude that 7979 feet per second is equivalent to 4727.428250544 knots:

7979 feet per second = 4727.428250544 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00021153150233109 × 7979 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021153150233109 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-nine feet per second is approximately four thousand seven hundred twenty-seven point four two eight knots:

7979 ft/s ≅ 4727.428 kt

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

feet per second (ft/s) knots (kt)
7980 feet per second 4728.021 knots
7981 feet per second 4728.613 knots
7982 feet per second 4729.206 knots
7983 feet per second 4729.798 knots
7984 feet per second 4730.391 knots
7985 feet per second 4730.983 knots
7986 feet per second 4731.576 knots
7987 feet per second 4732.168 knots
7988 feet per second 4732.761 knots
7989 feet per second 4733.353 knots