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 3939 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 3939 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

3939 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 3939 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1200.6072 m/s

The final result is:

3939 ft/s → 1200.6072 m/s

We conclude that 3939 feet per second is equivalent to 1200.6072 meters per second:

3939 feet per second = 1200.6072 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 0.00083291187992209 × 3939 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 3939 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00083291187992209 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 nine hundred thirty-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand two hundred point six zero seven meters per second:

3939 ft/s ≅ 1200.607 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times three thousand nine hundred thirty-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