Unit Converter
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 500 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 500 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
500 ft/s → V(km/h)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in kilometers per hour:
V(km/h) = 500 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h
V(km/h) = 548.63999999956 km/h
The final result is:
500 ft/s → 548.63999999956 km/h
We conclude that 500 feet per second is equivalent to 548.63999999956 kilometers per hour:
500 feet per second = 548.63999999956 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 0.0018226888305643 × 500 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 500 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0018226888305643 kilometers per hour.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred feet per second is approximately five hundred forty-eight point six four kilometers per hour:
500 ft/s ≅ 548.64 km/h
An alternative is also that one kilometer per hour is approximately zero point zero zero two times five hundred 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
feet per second (ft/s) | kilometers per hour (km/h) |
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501 feet per second | 549.737 kilometers per hour |
502 feet per second | 550.835 kilometers per hour |
503 feet per second | 551.932 kilometers per hour |
504 feet per second | 553.029 kilometers per hour |
505 feet per second | 554.126 kilometers per hour |
506 feet per second | 555.224 kilometers per hour |
507 feet per second | 556.321 kilometers per hour |
508 feet per second | 557.418 kilometers per hour |
509 feet per second | 558.516 kilometers per hour |
510 feet per second | 559.613 kilometers per hour |