Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 397 feet into meters we have to multiply 397 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

397 ft → L_(m)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in meters:

L_(m) = 397 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 121.0056 m

The final result is:

397 ft → 121.0056 m

We conclude that 397 feet is equivalent to 121.0056 meters:

397 feet = 121.0056 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0082640803400834 × 397 feet.

Another way is saying that 397 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0082640803400834 meters.

Approximate result

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

397 ft ≅ 121.006 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times three hundred ninety-seven feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters