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 5842 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 5842 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

5842 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 5842 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 6410.3097599949 km/h

The final result is:

5842 ft/s → 6410.3097599949 km/h

We conclude that 5842 feet per second is equivalent to 6410.3097599949 kilometers per hour:

5842 feet per second = 6410.3097599949 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 0.00015599870169157 × 5842 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5842 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00015599870169157 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 eight hundred forty-two feet per second is approximately six thousand four hundred ten point three one kilometers per hour:

5842 ft/s ≅ 6410.31 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times five thousand eight hundred forty-two 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