Feet per Second to Foot per Minute Converter
Speed · unit-converter
Convert Feet per Second to Foot per Minute 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 Feet per Second
Feet per second appears in ballistics, engineering, and some US sports contexts; it relates to imperial length per second.
About Foot per Minute
Feet per minute is common for vertical speed in aviation and some HVAC airflow/velocity contexts.
How to convert feet per second to feet per minute
1 feet per second equals 60 foot per minute in this tool (via m/s):
1 fps = (0.3048 m/s ÷ 0.00508 m/s) fpm = 60 fpm
Each feet per second carries 0.3048 m/s and each foot per minute 0.00508 m/s, so one fps equals 0.3048 ÷ 0.00508 fpm.
Let v(fps) be the numeric speed in Feet per Second (fps), and v(fpm) in Foot per Minute (fpm). Then:
v(fpm) = v(fps) × (0.3048 / 0.00508)
Equivalently, divide by how many fps fit into one fpm (m/s per fpm divided by m/s per fps):
v(fpm) = v(fps) ÷ 0.016666666666666666
Examples
Example #1: Convert 10 fps to foot per minute
10 fps = 10 fps × (0.3048/0.00508) fpm = 600 fpm
10 fps = 10 fps ÷ 0.016666666666666666 = 600 fpm
Example #2: Convert 50 fps to foot per minute
50 fps = 50 fps × (0.3048/0.00508) fpm = 3000 fpm
50 fps = 50 fps ÷ 0.016666666666666666 = 3000 fpm
Summary
To convert Feet per Second to Foot per Minute, multiply the value in fps by (0.3048 m/s per fps) / (0.00508 m/s per fpm). Equivalently: value_fpm = value_fps × (0.3048 / 0.00508). Numerically, 1 fps equals 60 fpm.
Relationship context
Both Feet per Second and Foot per Minute are expressed as fixed multiples of meters per second in this tool. Converting multiplies by the ratio of m/s per fps to m/s per fpm, so results stay consistent with SI-based definitions (international mile, knot, feet, etc.).
Conversion tables
| Feet per Second (fps) | Foot per Minute (fpm) |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 6 |
| 1 | 60 |
| 2 | 120 |
| 3 | 180 |
| 4 | 240 |
| 5 | 300 |
| 6 | 360 |
| 7 | 420 |
| 8 | 480 |
| 9 | 540 |
| Feet per Second (fps) | Foot per Minute (fpm) |
|---|---|
| 10 | 600 |
| 20 | 1,200 |
| 30 | 1,800 |
| 40 | 2,400 |
| 50 | 3,000 |
| 60 | 3,600 |
| 70 | 4,200 |
| 80 | 4,800 |
| 90 | 5,400 |
| 100 | 6,000 |