Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:

1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph

To convert 397.5 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 397.5 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph

397.5 ft/s → V_(mph)

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

V_(mph) = 397.5 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 271.02272727273 mph

The final result is:

397.5 ft/s → 271.02272727273 mph

We conclude that 397.5 feet per second is equivalent to 271.02272727273 miles per hour:

397.5 feet per second = 271.02272727273 miles per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0036897274633124 × 397.5 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 397.5 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0036897274633124 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that three hundred ninety-seven point five feet per second is approximately two hundred seventy-one point zero two three miles per hour:

397.5 ft/s ≅ 271.023 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero four times three hundred ninety-seven point five feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to miles per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to miles per hour