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 5888 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 5888 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

5888 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 5888 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 6460.7846399948 km/h

The final result is:

5888 ft/s → 6460.7846399948 km/h

We conclude that 5888 feet per second is equivalent to 6460.7846399948 kilometers per hour:

5888 feet per second = 6460.7846399948 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 0.0001547799618346 × 5888 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5888 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001547799618346 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-eight feet per second is approximately six thousand four hundred sixty point seven eight five kilometers per hour:

5888 ft/s ≅ 6460.785 km/h

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