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 480 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 480 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

480 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 480 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 526.69439999958 km/h

The final result is:

480 ft/s → 526.69439999958 km/h

We conclude that 480 feet per second is equivalent to 526.69439999958 kilometers per hour:

480 feet per second = 526.69439999958 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 0.0018986341985045 × 480 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 480 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0018986341985045 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 eighty feet per second is approximately five hundred twenty-six point six nine four kilometers per hour:

480 ft/s ≅ 526.694 km/h

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