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 4973 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 4973 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

4973 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 4973 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1515.7704 m/s

The final result is:

4973 ft/s → 1515.7704 m/s

We conclude that 4973 feet per second is equivalent to 1515.7704 meters per second:

4973 feet per second = 1515.7704 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 0.00065973052383131 × 4973 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 4973 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065973052383131 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 nine hundred seventy-three feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred fifteen point seven seven meters per second:

4973 ft/s ≅ 1515.77 m/s

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