Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 1000 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 1000 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

1000 yd → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 1000 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.9144 km

The final result is:

1000 yd → 0.9144 km

We conclude that 1000 yards is equivalent to 0.9144 kilometers:

1000 yards = 0.9144 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.0936132983377 × 1000 yards.

Another way is saying that 1000 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0936132983377 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand yards is approximately zero point nine one four kilometers:

1000 yd ≅ 0.914 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point zero nine four times one thousand yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from yards to kilometers