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 4279 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 4279 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

4279 ft/s → V_(mph)

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

V_(mph) = 4279 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 2917.5 mph

The final result is:

4279 ft/s → 2917.5 mph

We conclude that 4279 feet per second is equivalent to 2917.5 miles per hour:

4279 feet per second = 2917.5 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 0.00034275921165381 × 4279 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4279 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00034275921165381 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand two hundred seventy-nine feet per second is approximately two thousand nine hundred seventeen point five miles per hour:

4279 ft/s ≅ 2917.5 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero times four thousand two hundred seventy-nine 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