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 473 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 473 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

473 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 473 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 519.01343999958 km/h

The final result is:

473 ft/s → 519.01343999958 km/h

We conclude that 473 feet per second is equivalent to 519.01343999958 kilometers per hour:

473 feet per second = 519.01343999958 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 0.001926732379032 × 473 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 473 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.001926732379032 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-three feet per second is approximately five hundred nineteen point zero one three kilometers per hour:

473 ft/s ≅ 519.013 km/h

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