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 3142 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 3142 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

3142 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 3142 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 3447.6537599972 km/h

The final result is:

3142 ft/s → 3447.6537599972 km/h

We conclude that 3142 feet per second is equivalent to 3447.6537599972 kilometers per hour:

3142 feet per second = 3447.6537599972 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 0.00029005232822475 × 3142 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3142 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00029005232822475 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand one hundred forty-two feet per second is approximately three thousand four hundred forty-seven point six five four kilometers per hour:

3142 ft/s ≅ 3447.654 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times three thousand one hundred forty-two 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