Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to kilometers per hour is 1.0972799999991, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 1.0972799999991 kilometers per hour:

1 ft/s = 1.0972799999991 km/h

To convert 5421 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 5421 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to kilometers per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 1.0972799999991 km/h

5421 ft/s → V_(km/h)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:

V_(km/h) = 5421 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 5948.3548799952 km/h

The final result is:

5421 ft/s → 5948.3548799952 km/h

We conclude that 5421 feet per second is equivalent to 5948.3548799952 kilometers per hour:

5421 feet per second = 5948.3548799952 kilometers per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.00016811370877738 × 5421 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5421 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00016811370877738 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

5421 ft/s ≅ 5948.355 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times five thousand four hundred twenty-one feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to kilometers per hour chart

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