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 6378 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 6378 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

6378 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 6378 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 6998.4518399944 km/h

The final result is:

6378 ft/s → 6998.4518399944 km/h

We conclude that 6378 feet per second is equivalent to 6998.4518399944 kilometers per hour:

6378 feet per second = 6998.4518399944 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 0.0001428887449486 × 6378 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 6378 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001428887449486 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 three hundred seventy-eight feet per second is approximately six thousand nine hundred ninety-eight point four five two kilometers per hour:

6378 ft/s ≅ 6998.452 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times six thousand three hundred seventy-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