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 8979 feet per second into miles per hour we have to multiply 8979 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

8979 ft/s → V_(mph)

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

V_(mph) = 8979 ft/s × 0.68181818181818 mph

V_(mph) = 6122.0454545455 mph

The final result is:

8979 ft/s → 6122.0454545455 mph

We conclude that 8979 feet per second is equivalent to 6122.0454545455 miles per hour:

8979 feet per second = 6122.0454545455 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 0.00016334409919442 × 8979 feet per second.

Another way is saying that 8979 feet per second is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00016334409919442 miles per hour.

Approximate result

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

8979 ft/s ≅ 6122.045 mph

An alternative is also that one mile per hour is approximately zero times eight thousand nine hundred seventy-nine 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