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 1797 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 1797 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

1797 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 1797 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 1971.8121599984 km/h

The final result is:

1797 ft/s → 1971.8121599984 km/h

We conclude that 1797 feet per second is equivalent to 1971.8121599984 kilometers per hour:

1797 feet per second = 1971.8121599984 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 0.0005071476990997 × 1797 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1797 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0005071476990997 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

1797 ft/s ≅ 1971.812 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero one times one thousand seven hundred ninety-seven 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