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 494 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 494 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

494 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 494 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.4517136 km

The final result is:

494 yd → 0.4517136 km

We conclude that 494 yards is equivalent to 0.4517136 kilometers:

494 yards = 0.4517136 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2137921018982 × 494 yards.

Another way is saying that 494 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2137921018982 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

494 yd ≅ 0.452 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two one four times four hundred ninety-four 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