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 4980 feet into meters we have to multiply 4980 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

4980 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 4980 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 1517.904 m

The final result is:

4980 ft → 1517.904 m

We conclude that 4980 feet is equivalent to 1517.904 meters:

4980 feet = 1517.904 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0006588031917697 × 4980 feet.

Another way is saying that 4980 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0006588031917697 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that four thousand nine hundred eighty feet is approximately one thousand five hundred seventeen point nine zero four meters:

4980 ft ≅ 1517.904 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero one times four thousand nine hundred eighty 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