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 8359 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 8359 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

8359 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 8359 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 9172.1635199927 km/h

The final result is:

8359 ft/s → 9172.1635199927 km/h

We conclude that 8359 feet per second is equivalent to 9172.1635199927 kilometers per hour:

8359 feet per second = 9172.1635199927 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 0.00010902553119777 × 8359 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8359 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010902553119777 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 three hundred fifty-nine feet per second is approximately nine thousand one hundred seventy-two point one six four kilometers per hour:

8359 ft/s ≅ 9172.164 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times eight thousand three hundred fifty-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