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 5171 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5171 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

5171 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 5171 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1576.1208 m/s

The final result is:

5171 ft/s → 1576.1208 m/s

We conclude that 5171 feet per second is equivalent to 1576.1208 meters per second:

5171 feet per second = 1576.1208 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 0.00063446913459933 × 5171 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5171 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00063446913459933 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 one hundred seventy-one feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred seventy-six point one two one meters per second:

5171 ft/s ≅ 1576.121 m/s

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