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 979 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 979 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

979 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 979 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 1074.2371199991 km/h

The final result is:

979 ft/s → 1074.2371199991 km/h

We conclude that 979 feet per second is equivalent to 1074.2371199991 kilometers per hour:

979 feet per second = 1074.2371199991 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 0.00093089317189188 × 979 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00093089317189188 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

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

979 ft/s ≅ 1074.237 km/h

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