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 7989 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 7989 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

7989 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 7989 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 8766.169919993 km/h

The final result is:

7989 ft/s → 8766.169919993 km/h

We conclude that 7989 feet per second is equivalent to 8766.169919993 kilometers per hour:

7989 feet per second = 8766.169919993 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 0.00011407490490451 × 7989 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 7989 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011407490490451 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 nine hundred eighty-nine feet per second is approximately eight thousand seven hundred sixty-six point one seven kilometers per hour:

7989 ft/s ≅ 8766.17 km/h

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