Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet per second to miles per hour is 0.68181818181818, which means that 1 foot per second is equal to 0.68181818181818 miles per hour:

1 ft/s = 0.68181818181818 mph

To convert 588 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 588 by the conversion factor in order to get the velocity amount from feet per second to miles per hour. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft/s → 0.68181818181818 mph

588 ft/s → V_(mph)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the velocity V in miles per hour:

V_(mph) = 588 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 400.90909090909 mph

The final result is:

588 ft/s → 400.90909090909 mph

We conclude that 588 feet per second is equivalent to 400.90909090909 miles per hour:

588 feet per second = 400.90909090909 miles per hour

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile per hour is equal to 0.0024943310657596 × 588 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 588 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0024943310657596 miles per hour.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred eighty-eight feet per second is approximately four hundred point nine zero nine miles per hour:

588 ft/s ≅ 400.909 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero point zero zero two times five hundred eighty-eight feet per second.

Conversion table

feet per second to miles per hour chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet per second to miles per hour