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 7142 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 7142 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

7142 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 7142 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 7836.7737599937 km/h

The final result is:

7142 ft/s → 7836.7737599937 km/h

We conclude that 7142 feet per second is equivalent to 7836.7737599937 kilometers per hour:

7142 feet per second = 7836.7737599937 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 0.00012760353056317 × 7142 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7142 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012760353056317 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

7142 ft/s ≅ 7836.774 km/h

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