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 1980 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 1980 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

1980 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 1980 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 2172.6143999983 km/h

The final result is:

1980 ft/s → 2172.6143999983 km/h

We conclude that 1980 feet per second is equivalent to 2172.6143999983 kilometers per hour:

1980 feet per second = 2172.6143999983 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 0.00046027495721321 × 1980 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 1980 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00046027495721321 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 nine hundred eighty feet per second is approximately two thousand one hundred seventy-two point six one four kilometers per hour:

1980 ft/s ≅ 2172.614 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times one thousand nine hundred eighty 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