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 521 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 521 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

521 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 521 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.4764024 km

The final result is:

521 yd → 0.4764024 km

We conclude that 521 yards is equivalent to 0.4764024 kilometers:

521 yards = 0.4764024 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0990658317422 × 521 yards.

Another way is saying that 521 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0990658317422 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

521 yd ≅ 0.476 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero nine nine times five hundred twenty-one 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