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 5185 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5185 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

5185 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 5185 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1580.388 m/s

The final result is:

5185 ft/s → 1580.388 m/s

We conclude that 5185 feet per second is equivalent to 1580.388 meters per second:

5185 feet per second = 1580.388 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 0.00063275600675277 × 5185 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5185 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00063275600675277 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 eighty-five feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred eighty point three eight eight meters per second:

5185 ft/s ≅ 1580.388 m/s

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