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 518 feet into meters we have to multiply 518 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

518 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 518 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 157.8864 m

The final result is:

518 ft → 157.8864 m

We conclude that 518 feet is equivalent to 157.8864 meters:

518 feet = 157.8864 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.0063336677509906 × 518 feet.

Another way is saying that 518 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0063336677509906 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred eighteen feet is approximately one hundred fifty-seven point eight eight six meters:

518 ft ≅ 157.886 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero six times five hundred eighteen 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