Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 480 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 480 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

480 yd → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 480 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.438912 km

The final result is:

480 yd → 0.438912 km

We conclude that 480 yards is equivalent to 0.438912 kilometers:

480 yards = 0.438912 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2783610382036 × 480 yards.

Another way is saying that 480 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2783610382036 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred eighty yards is approximately zero point four three nine kilometers:

480 yd ≅ 0.439 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two seven eight times four hundred eighty yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from yards to kilometers