Conversion formula

The conversion factor from knots to feet per second is 1.6878098570997, which means that 1 knot is equal to 1.6878098570997 feet per second:

1 kt = 1.6878098570997 ft/s

To convert 7979 knots into feet per second we have to multiply 7979 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from knots to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 kt → 1.6878098570997 ft/s

7979 kt → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 7979 kt × 1.6878098570997 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 13467.034849799 ft/s

The final result is:

7979 kt → 13467.034849799 ft/s

We conclude that 7979 knots is equivalent to 13467.034849799 feet per second:

7979 knots = 13467.034849799 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 7.4255395575437E-5 × 7979 knots.

Another way is saying that 7979 knots is equal to 1 ÷ 7.4255395575437E-5 feet per second.

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 knots is approximately thirteen thousand four hundred sixty-seven point zero three five feet per second:

7979 kt ≅ 13467.035 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times seven thousand nine hundred seventy-nine knots.

Conversion table

knots to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from knots to feet per second