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 4979 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 4979 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

4979 km/h → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 4979 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 4537.5838436898 ft/s

The final result is:

4979 km/h → 4537.5838436898 ft/s

We conclude that 4979 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 4537.5838436898 feet per second:

4979 kilometers per hour = 4537.5838436898 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 0.0002203816027313 × 4979 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 4979 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0002203816027313 feet per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand nine hundred seventy-nine kilometers per hour is approximately four thousand five hundred thirty-seven point five eight four feet per second:

4979 km/h ≅ 4537.584 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times four thousand nine hundred seventy-nine 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