Conversion formula

The conversion factor from yards to kilometers is 0.0009144, which means that 1 yard is equal to 0.0009144 kilometers:

1 yd = 0.0009144 km

To convert 997 yards into kilometers we have to multiply 997 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from yards to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yd → 0.0009144 km

997 yd → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 997 yd × 0.0009144 km

L_(km) = 0.9116568 km

The final result is:

997 yd → 0.9116568 km

We conclude that 997 yards is equivalent to 0.9116568 kilometers:

997 yards = 0.9116568 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.0969040103688 × 997 yards.

Another way is saying that 997 yards is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0969040103688 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that nine hundred ninety-seven yards is approximately zero point nine one two kilometers:

997 yd ≅ 0.912 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point zero nine seven times nine hundred ninety-seven yards.

Conversion table

yards to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from yards to kilometers