Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers per hour to feet per second is 0.91134441528215, which means that 1 kilometer per hour is equal to 0.91134441528215 feet per second:

1 km/h = 0.91134441528215 ft/s

To convert 5989 kilometers per hour into feet per second we have to multiply 5989 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from kilometers per hour to feet per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km/h → 0.91134441528215 ft/s

5989 km/h → V_(ft/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in feet per second:

V_(ft/s) = 5989 km/h × 0.91134441528215 ft/s

V_(ft/s) = 5458.0417031248 ft/s

The final result is:

5989 km/h → 5458.0417031248 ft/s

We conclude that 5989 kilometers per hour is equivalent to 5458.0417031248 feet per second:

5989 kilometers per hour = 5458.0417031248 feet per second

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot per second is equal to 0.00018321589580884 × 5989 kilometers per hour.

Another way is saying that 5989 kilometers per hour is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00018321589580884 feet per second.

Approximate result

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

5989 km/h ≅ 5458.042 ft/s

An alternative is also that one foot per second is approximately zero times five thousand nine hundred eighty-nine kilometers per hour.

Conversion table

kilometers per hour to feet per second chart

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