Unit Converter
Conversion formula
The conversion factor from feet per second to meters per second is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.3048 meters per second:
1 ft/s = 0.3048 m/s
To convert 1509 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 1509 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to meters per second. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:
1 ft/s → 0.3048 m/s
1509 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 1509 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 459.9432 m/s
The final result is:
1509 ft/s → 459.9432 m/s
We conclude that 1509 feet per second is equivalent to 459.9432 meters per second:
1509 feet per second = 459.9432 meters per second
Alternative conversion
We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter per second is equal to 0.0021741815076296 × 1509 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 1509 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0021741815076296 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand five hundred nine feet per second is approximately four hundred fifty-nine point nine four three meters per second:
1509 ft/s ≅ 459.943 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero two times one thousand five hundred nine feet per second.
Conversion table
feet per second to meters per second chart
For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to meters per second
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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1510 feet per second | 460.248 meters per second |
1511 feet per second | 460.553 meters per second |
1512 feet per second | 460.858 meters per second |
1513 feet per second | 461.162 meters per second |
1514 feet per second | 461.467 meters per second |
1515 feet per second | 461.772 meters per second |
1516 feet per second | 462.077 meters per second |
1517 feet per second | 462.382 meters per second |
1518 feet per second | 462.686 meters per second |
1519 feet per second | 462.991 meters per second |