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 3280 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 3280 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

3280 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 3280 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 3599.0783999971 km/h

The final result is:

3280 ft/s → 3599.0783999971 km/h

We conclude that 3280 feet per second is equivalent to 3599.0783999971 kilometers per hour:

3280 feet per second = 3599.0783999971 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 0.00027784890709822 × 3280 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3280 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00027784890709822 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 two hundred eighty feet per second is approximately three thousand five hundred ninety-nine point zero seven eight kilometers per hour:

3280 ft/s ≅ 3599.078 km/h

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