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 5280 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 5280 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

5280 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 5280 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 1609.344 m/s

The final result is:

5280 ft/s → 1609.344 m/s

We conclude that 5280 feet per second is equivalent to 1609.344 meters per second:

5280 feet per second = 1609.344 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 0.00062137119223733 × 5280 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 5280 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00062137119223733 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 eighty feet per second is approximately one thousand six hundred nine point three four four meters per second:

5280 ft/s ≅ 1609.344 m/s

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