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 290 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 290 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

290 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 290 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 318.21119999975 km/h

The final result is:

290 ft/s → 318.21119999975 km/h

We conclude that 290 feet per second is equivalent to 318.21119999975 kilometers per hour:

290 feet per second = 318.21119999975 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 0.0031425669492488 × 290 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 290 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0031425669492488 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two hundred ninety feet per second is approximately three hundred eighteen point two one one kilometers per hour:

290 ft/s ≅ 318.211 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero three times two hundred ninety 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