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 789 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 789 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

789 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 789 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 865.75391999931 km/h

The final result is:

789 ft/s → 865.75391999931 km/h

We conclude that 789 feet per second is equivalent to 865.75391999931 kilometers per hour:

789 feet per second = 865.75391999931 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 0.0011550626302689 × 789 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 789 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0011550626302689 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that seven hundred eighty-nine feet per second is approximately eight hundred sixty-five point seven five four kilometers per hour:

789 ft/s ≅ 865.754 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero one times seven 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