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 3159 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 3159 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

3159 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 3159 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 3466.3075199972 km/h

The final result is:

3159 ft/s → 3466.3075199972 km/h

We conclude that 3159 feet per second is equivalent to 3466.3075199972 kilometers per hour:

3159 feet per second = 3466.3075199972 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 0.00028849142617352 × 3159 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3159 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00028849142617352 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 fifty-nine feet per second is approximately three thousand four hundred sixty-six point three zero eight kilometers per hour:

3159 ft/s ≅ 3466.308 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times three thousand 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