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 6240 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 6240 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

6240 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 6240 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 6847.0271999945 km/h

The final result is:

6240 ft/s → 6847.0271999945 km/h

We conclude that 6240 feet per second is equivalent to 6847.0271999945 kilometers per hour:

6240 feet per second = 6847.0271999945 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 0.00014604878450034 × 6240 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 6240 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00014604878450034 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

6240 ft/s ≅ 6847.027 km/h

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