Foot per Minute to Feet per Second Converter
Speed · unit-converter
Convert Foot per Minute to Feet per Second with a fixed input and output unit, step-by-step formula line, and reference tables. All calculations bridge through meters per second with fixed definitions (knot, international mile, Mach 1 = ISA sea level, Beaufort WMO bands at 10 m, vacuum c, plus linear SI and imperial rate units like km/s, fpm, ips, cm/s, and mm/s).
About Foot per Minute
Feet per minute is common for vertical speed in aviation and some HVAC airflow/velocity contexts.
About Feet per Second
Feet per second appears in ballistics, engineering, and some US sports contexts; it relates to imperial length per second.
How to convert feet per minute to feet per second
1 foot per minute equals 0.016666666666666666 feet per second in this tool (via m/s):
1 fpm = (0.00508 m/s ÷ 0.3048 m/s) fps = 0.016666666666666666 fps
Each foot per minute carries 0.00508 m/s and each feet per second 0.3048 m/s, so one fpm equals 0.00508 ÷ 0.3048 fps.
Let v(fpm) be the numeric speed in Foot per Minute (fpm), and v(fps) in Feet per Second (fps). Then:
v(fps) = v(fpm) × (0.00508 / 0.3048)
Equivalently, divide by how many fpm fit into one fps (m/s per fps divided by m/s per fpm):
v(fps) = v(fpm) ÷ 60
Examples
Example #1: Convert 10 fpm to feet per second
10 fpm = 10 fpm × (0.00508/0.3048) fps = 0.1666666667 fps
10 fpm = 10 fpm ÷ 60 = 0.1666666667 fps
Example #2: Convert 50 fpm to feet per second
50 fpm = 50 fpm × (0.00508/0.3048) fps = 0.8333333333 fps
50 fpm = 50 fpm ÷ 60 = 0.8333333333 fps
Summary
To convert Foot per Minute to Feet per Second, multiply the value in fpm by (0.00508 m/s per fpm) / (0.3048 m/s per fps). Equivalently: value_fps = value_fpm × (0.00508 / 0.3048). Numerically, 1 fpm equals 0.016666666666666666 fps.
Relationship context
Both Foot per Minute and Feet per Second are expressed as fixed multiples of meters per second in this tool. Converting multiplies by the ratio of m/s per fpm to m/s per fps, so results stay consistent with SI-based definitions (international mile, knot, feet, etc.).
Conversion tables
| Foot per Minute (fpm) | Feet per Second (fps) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.0016666667 |
| 1 | 0.0166666667 |
| 2 | 0.0333333333 |
| 3 | 0.05 |
| 4 | 0.0666666667 |
| 5 | 0.0833333333 |
| 6 | 0.1 |
| 7 | 0.1166666667 |
| 8 | 0.1333333333 |
| 9 | 0.15 |
| Foot per Minute (fpm) | Feet per Second (fps) |
|---|---|
| 10 | 0.1666666667 |
| 20 | 0.3333333333 |
| 30 | 0.5 |
| 40 | 0.6666666667 |
| 50 | 0.8333333333 |
| 60 | 1 |
| 70 | 1.1666666667 |
| 80 | 1.3333333333 |
| 90 | 1.5 |
| 100 | 1.6666666667 |