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 470 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 470 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

470 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 470 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 515.72159999959 km/h

The final result is:

470 ft/s → 515.72159999959 km/h

We conclude that 470 feet per second is equivalent to 515.72159999959 kilometers per hour:

470 feet per second = 515.72159999959 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 0.0019390306708131 × 470 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 470 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0019390306708131 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

470 ft/s ≅ 515.722 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero two times four hundred seventy 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