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 579 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 579 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

579 yd → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 579 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.5294376 km

The final result is:

579 yd → 0.5294376 km

We conclude that 579 yards is equivalent to 0.5294376 kilometers:

579 yards = 0.5294376 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.8887967156092 × 579 yards.

Another way is saying that 579 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.8887967156092 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

579 yd ≅ 0.529 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point eight eight nine times five hundred seventy-nine 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