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 8079 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 8079 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

8079 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 8079 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 8864.9251199929 km/h

The final result is:

8079 ft/s → 8864.9251199929 km/h

We conclude that 8079 feet per second is equivalent to 8864.9251199929 kilometers per hour:

8079 feet per second = 8864.9251199929 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 0.00011280411131107 × 8079 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8079 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00011280411131107 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

8079 ft/s ≅ 8864.925 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times eight thousand seventy-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