Unit Converter
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 5279 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5279 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
5279 ft/s → V(m/s)
Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in meters per second:
V(m/s) = 5279 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s
V(m/s) = 1609.0392 m/s
The final result is:
5279 ft/s → 1609.0392 m/s
We conclude that 5279 feet per second is equivalent to 1609.0392 meters per second:
5279 feet per second = 1609.0392 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 0.0006214888984681 × 5279 feet per second.
Another way is saying that 5279 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0006214888984681 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 two hundred seventy-nine feet per second is approximately one thousand six hundred nine point zero three nine meters per second:
5279 ft/s ≅ 1609.039 m/s
An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand two hundred seventy-nine 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
feet per second (ft/s) | meters per second (m/s) |
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5280 feet per second | 1609.344 meters per second |
5281 feet per second | 1609.649 meters per second |
5282 feet per second | 1609.954 meters per second |
5283 feet per second | 1610.258 meters per second |
5284 feet per second | 1610.563 meters per second |
5285 feet per second | 1610.868 meters per second |
5286 feet per second | 1611.173 meters per second |
5287 feet per second | 1611.478 meters per second |
5288 feet per second | 1611.782 meters per second |
5289 feet per second | 1612.087 meters per second |