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 488.9 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 488.9 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

488.9 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 488.9 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.44705016 km

The final result is:

488.9 yd → 0.44705016 km

We conclude that 488.9 yards is equivalent to 0.44705016 kilometers:

488.9 yards = 0.44705016 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2368854537486 × 488.9 yards.

Another way is saying that 488.9 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2368854537486 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

488.9 yd ≅ 0.447 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two three seven times four hundred eighty-eight point nine 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