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 5887 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 5887 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

5887 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 5887 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 6459.6873599948 km/h

The final result is:

5887 ft/s → 6459.6873599948 km/h

We conclude that 5887 feet per second is equivalent to 6459.6873599948 kilometers per hour:

5887 feet per second = 6459.6873599948 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 0.00015480625365758 × 5887 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5887 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00015480625365758 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 eighty-seven feet per second is approximately six thousand four hundred fifty-nine point six eight seven kilometers per hour:

5887 ft/s ≅ 6459.687 km/h

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