Unit Converter
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 4880 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4880 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
4880 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 4880 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1487.424 m/s
The final result is:
4880 ft/s → 1487.424 m/s
We conclude that 4880 feet per second is equivalent to 1487.424 meters per second:
4880 feet per second = 1487.424 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 0.00067230325717482 × 4880 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 4880 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00067230325717482 meters per second.
Approximate result
For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand eight hundred eighty feet per second is approximately one thousand four hundred eighty-seven point four two four meters per second:
4880 ft/s ≅ 1487.424 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand eight hundred eighty 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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4881 feet per second | 1487.729 meters per second |
4882 feet per second | 1488.034 meters per second |
4883 feet per second | 1488.338 meters per second |
4884 feet per second | 1488.643 meters per second |
4885 feet per second | 1488.948 meters per second |
4886 feet per second | 1489.253 meters per second |
4887 feet per second | 1489.558 meters per second |
4888 feet per second | 1489.862 meters per second |
4889 feet per second | 1490.167 meters per second |
4890 feet per second | 1490.472 meters per second |