Mile per Hour (mph)
Miles per hour measure how many statute miles are traveled in one hour — 1 mph equals 0.44704 m/s.
Miles per hour dominate US and UK road speed limits, vehicle gauges, and aviation wind reports.
Convert mile per hour to foot per second instantly. Type in either field — results update live.
Selected mph values converted to ft/s using the exact factor from this tool.
| mph | ft/s |
|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0146666667 |
| 0.1 | 0.1466666667 |
| 1 | 1.4666666667 |
| 2 | 2.9333333333 |
| 3 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 7.3333333333 |
| 10 | 14.6666666667 |
| 20 | 29.3333333333 |
| 50 | 73.3333333333 |
| 100 | 146.6666666667 |
| 1,000 | 1,466.6666666667 |
Exact conversion factors in both directions, plus a worked example.
1 mph = 1.4666666667 ft/s
1 ft/s = 0.6818181818 mph
To convert mile per hour to foot per second, multiply by 1.4666666667.
To convert foot per second to mile per hour, multiply by 0.6818181818.
Example: convert 10 mph to ft/s
10 × 1.4666666667 = 14.6666666667 ft/s
Short background on the units used in this conversion.
Miles per hour measure how many statute miles are traveled in one hour — 1 mph equals 0.44704 m/s.
Miles per hour dominate US and UK road speed limits, vehicle gauges, and aviation wind reports.
ft/s = mph × 1.4666666667mph = ft/s × 0.6818181818, using the same exact factors as this converter.Jump to any speed conversion starting from mile per hour — including the reverse direction and every other unit in our dataset.