Foot (ft)
A foot equals twelve inches or, by international agreement, exactly 0.3048 meters.
Feet are used for building heights, aviation altitude in the US, and sports field dimensions in countries that use customary units.
Convert foot to yard instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected ft values converted to yd using the exact factor from this tool.
| ft | yd |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0033333333 |
| 0.1 | 0.0333333333 |
| 1 | 0.3333333333 |
| 2 | 0.6666666667 |
| 3 | 1 |
| 5 | 1.6666666667 |
| 10 | 3.3333333333 |
| 20 | 6.6666666667 |
| 50 | 16.6666666667 |
| 100 | 33.3333333333 |
| 1,000 | 333.3333333333 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 ft = 0.3333333333 yd
1 yd = 3 ft
To convert foot to yard, multiply by 0.3333333333.
To convert yard to foot, multiply by 3.
Example: convert 10 ft to yd
10 × 0.3333333333 = 3.3333333333 yd
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
A foot equals twelve inches or, by international agreement, exactly 0.3048 meters.
Feet are used for building heights, aviation altitude in the US, and sports field dimensions in countries that use customary units.
A yard is three feet or 0.9144 meters — a middle step between feet and miles in the customary system.
Yards mark American football fields, fabric sold by length in the US and UK, and some road signage in the UK.
yd = ft × 0.3333333333ft = yd × 3, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any length conversion starting from foot — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.