Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to feet per second is 0.91134441528215, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.91134441528215 feet per second:

1 km/h = 0.91134441528215 ft/s

To convert 493 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 493 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.91134441528215 ft/s

493 km/h → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 493 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 449.2927967341 ft/s

The final result is:

493 km/h → 449.2927967341 ft/s

We conclude that 493 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 449.2927967341 feet per second:

493 kilometers per hour = 449.2927967341 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.0022257200811341 × 493 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 493 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0022257200811341 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four hundred ninety-three kilometers per hour is approximately four hundred forty-nine point two nine three feet per second:

493 km/h ≅ 449.293 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times four hundred ninety-three kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to feet per second chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers per hour to feet per second