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 7272 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 7272 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

7272 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 7272 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 7979.4201599936 km/h

The final result is:

7272 ft/s → 7979.4201599936 km/h

We conclude that 7272 feet per second is equivalent to 7979.4201599936 kilometers per hour:

7272 feet per second = 7979.4201599936 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 0.00012532238934023 × 7272 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7272 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00012532238934023 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 two hundred seventy-two feet per second is approximately seven thousand nine hundred seventy-nine point four two kilometers per hour:

7272 ft/s ≅ 7979.42 km/h

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