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 478 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 478 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

478 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 478 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 524.49983999958 km/h

The final result is:

478 ft/s → 524.49983999958 km/h

We conclude that 478 feet per second is equivalent to 524.49983999958 kilometers per hour:

478 feet per second = 524.49983999958 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 0.0019065782746489 × 478 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 478 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0019065782746489 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-eight feet per second is approximately five hundred twenty-four point five kilometers per hour:

478 ft/s ≅ 524.5 km/h

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