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 859 feet per second into kilometers per hour we have to multiply 859 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

859 ft/s → V_(km/h)

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

V_(km/h) = 859 ft/s × 1.0972799999991 km/h

V_(km/h) = 942.56351999925 km/h

The final result is:

859 ft/s → 942.56351999925 km/h

We conclude that 859 feet per second is equivalent to 942.56351999925 kilometers per hour:

859 feet per second = 942.56351999925 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 0.0010609364555089 × 859 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 859 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0010609364555089 kilometers per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight hundred fifty-nine feet per second is approximately nine hundred forty-two point five six four kilometers per hour:

859 ft/s ≅ 942.564 km/h

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