Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to kilometers per hour is 1.0972799999991, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 1.0972799999991 kilometers per hour:

1 ft/s = 1.0972799999991 km/h

To convert 159 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 159 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 1.0972799999991 km/h

159 ft/s → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 159 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 174.46751999986 km/h

The final result is:

159 ft/s → 174.46751999986 km/h

We conclude that 159 feet per second is equivalent to 174.46751999986 kilometers per hour:

159 feet per second = 174.46751999986 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.0057317258822777 × 159 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 159 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0057317258822777 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one hundred fifty-nine feet per second is approximately one hundred seventy-four point four six eight kilometers per hour:

159 ft/s ≅ 174.468 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero six times one hundred fifty-nine feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to kilometers per hour chart

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