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 1072 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 1072 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

1072 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1072 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.9802368 km

The final result is:

1072 yd → 0.9802368 km

We conclude that 1072 yards is equivalent to 0.9802368 kilometers:

1072 yards = 0.9802368 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.0201616588971 × 1072 yards.

Another way is saying that 1072 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0201616588971 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1072 yd ≅ 0.98 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point zero two times one thousand seventy-two 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