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 538 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 538 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

538 km/h → V_(ft/s)

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

V_(ft/s) = 538 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 490.3032954218 ft/s

The final result is:

538 km/h → 490.3032954218 ft/s

We conclude that 538 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 490.3032954218 feet per second:

538 kilometers per hour = 490.3032954218 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 0.0020395539033441 × 538 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 538 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0020395539033441 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

538 km/h ≅ 490.303 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times five hundred thirty-eight 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