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 8427 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 8427 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

8427 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 8427 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 9246.7785599926 km/h

The final result is:

8427 ft/s → 9246.7785599926 km/h

We conclude that 8427 feet per second is equivalent to 9246.7785599926 kilometers per hour:

8427 feet per second = 9246.7785599926 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 0.00010814577136373 × 8427 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8427 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00010814577136373 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 four hundred twenty-seven feet per second is approximately nine thousand two hundred forty-six point seven seven nine kilometers per hour:

8427 ft/s ≅ 9246.779 km/h

An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred twenty-seven 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