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 393 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 393 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

393 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 393 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 119.7864 m/s

The final result is:

393 ft/s → 119.7864 m/s

We conclude that 393 feet per second is equivalent to 119.7864 meters per second:

393 feet per second = 119.7864 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 0.0083481931170817 × 393 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 393 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0083481931170817 meters per second.

Approximate result

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

393 ft/s ≅ 119.786 m/s

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