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 5041 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5041 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

5041 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 5041 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1536.4968 m/s

The final result is:

5041 ft/s → 1536.4968 m/s

We conclude that 5041 feet per second is equivalent to 1536.4968 meters per second:

5041 feet per second = 1536.4968 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 0.00065083116346223 × 5041 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5041 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00065083116346223 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand forty-one feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred thirty-six point four nine seven meters per second:

5041 ft/s ≅ 1536.497 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand forty-one 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