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 3897 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3897 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

3897 ft/s → V_(m/s)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:

V_(m/s) = 3897 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1187.8056 m/s

The final result is:

3897 ft/s → 1187.8056 m/s

We conclude that 3897 feet per second is equivalent to 1187.8056 meters per second:

3897 feet per second = 1187.8056 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 0.00084188860534081 × 3897 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3897 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00084188860534081 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three thousand eight hundred ninety-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand one hundred eighty-seven point eight zero six meters per second:

3897 ft/s ≅ 1187.806 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand eight hundred ninety-seven 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