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 6589 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 6589 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

6589 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 6589 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 7229.9779199942 km/h

The final result is:

6589 ft/s → 7229.9779199942 km/h

We conclude that 6589 feet per second is equivalent to 7229.9779199942 kilometers per hour:

6589 feet per second = 7229.9779199942 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 0.00013831300884537 × 6589 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 6589 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00013831300884537 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 five hundred eighty-nine feet per second is approximately seven thousand two hundred twenty-nine point nine seven eight kilometers per hour:

6589 ft/s ≅ 7229.978 km/h

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