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 5187 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5187 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

5187 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 5187 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1580.9976 m/s

The final result is:

5187 ft/s → 1580.9976 m/s

We conclude that 5187 feet per second is equivalent to 1580.9976 meters per second:

5187 feet per second = 1580.9976 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 0.00063251202911377 × 5187 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5187 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00063251202911377 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-seven feet per second is approximately one thousand five hundred eighty point nine nine eight meters per second:

5187 ft/s ≅ 1580.998 m/s

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