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 7990 feet per second into knots we have to multiply 7990 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

7990 ft/s → V_(kt)

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

V_(kt) = 7990 ft/s × 0.59248380129641 kt

V_(kt) = 4733.9455723583 kt

The final result is:

7990 ft/s → 4733.9455723583 kt

We conclude that 7990 feet per second is equivalent to 4733.9455723583 knots:

7990 feet per second = 4733.9455723583 knots

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 knot is equal to 0.00021124028249058 × 7990 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7990 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00021124028249058 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 ninety feet per second is approximately four thousand seven hundred thirty-three point nine four six knots:

7990 ft/s ≅ 4733.946 kt

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