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 8311 feet per second into meters per second we have to multiply 8311 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

8311 ft/s → V_(m/s)

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

V_(m/s) = 8311 ft/s × 0.3048 m/s

V_(m/s) = 2533.1928 m/s

The final result is:

8311 ft/s → 2533.1928 m/s

We conclude that 8311 feet per second is equivalent to 2533.1928 meters per second:

8311 feet per second = 2533.1928 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 0.00039475874082699 × 8311 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8311 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00039475874082699 meters per second.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand three hundred eleven feet per second is approximately two thousand five hundred thirty-three point one nine three meters per second:

8311 ft/s ≅ 2533.193 m/s

An alternative is also that one meter per second is approximately zero times eight thousand three hundred eleven 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