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Feet to Meters Converter

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Meters — m

To convert feet to meters, multiply the number of feet by 0.3048. That factor is exact, fixed by the 1959 international agreement on the yard and pound. A 10-foot ceiling is therefore 3.048 m, and a 6-foot doorway clearance is 1.8288 m.

Feet to Meters conversion table

ftm
10.3048
20.6096
51.524
103.048
206.096
257.62
5015.24
10030.48
25076.2
500152.4
1,000304.8

About this tool

Room plans from the United States, aircraft altitudes, ceiling heights and lumber lengths are usually given in feet, while building codes, engineering drawings and most of the world work in meters. This converter multiplies your figure in feet by the exact factor 0.3048 and shows the working beside the answer, so a value pasted into a report can be traced. Decimal feet are accepted, but feet-and-inches values such as 5 ft 9 in have to be turned into decimal feet first (5.75 ft). The swap control reverses the direction when you need meters back to feet.

How to use it

  1. Type the length in feet

    Enter a decimal value such as 12.5 in the Feet field; inches must be expressed as a fraction of a foot.

  2. Read the meters

    The result in meters updates as you type, along with the multiplication by 0.3048.

  3. Reverse or share

    Use the swap control for meters to feet, or Share to send a link that reopens the same value.

Examples

A single foot

Feet
1

Result Meters: 0.3048

  1. 1 ft × 0.3048 = 0.3048 m

Since 1959 the international foot has been defined as exactly 0.3048 metres, so this factor carries no rounding at all.

A six-foot person

Feet
6

Result Meters: 1.8288

  1. 6 ft × 0.3048 = 1.8288 m

Six feet is 1.8288 metres, which most European forms would record as 1.83 m.

5,280 feet, one statute mile

Feet
5280

Result Meters: 1,609.344

  1. 5,280 ft × 0.3048 = 1,609.344 m

A statute mile is 5,280 feet, which works out to exactly 1,609.344 metres.

How it is calculated

m = ft × 0.3048

ft
length in international feet
m
length in meters

The international foot was defined in 1959 as exactly 0.3048 meters, derived from the yard being 0.9144 m and a foot being one third of a yard. Because the definition is exact, the only rounding in the result is the number of decimals displayed. Length scales share a common zero, so there is no offset term.

When not to use it

  • Old US land surveys may use the US survey foot, which is about 2 parts per million longer than the international foot.
  • Values written as feet and inches need converting to decimal feet before entry.

Common mistakes

  • Entering 5.9 for 5 ft 9 in; nine inches is 0.75 ft, so the right entry is 5.75.
  • Dividing by 3.28 instead of multiplying by 0.3048 introduces a small rounding error on long distances.

Frequently asked questions

Is 0.3048 an exact factor?

Yes. Since the 1959 International Yard and Pound Agreement, one foot is defined as exactly 0.3048 meters, so the factor has no hidden decimals.

How many feet are in one meter?

One meter is about 3.28084 feet, the reciprocal of 0.3048. Many people round this to 3.28, which is close enough for room sizes but drifts over long distances.

What is the US survey foot?

It is an older unit equal to 1200/3937 meters, about 0.3048006 m. US agencies retired it at the end of 2022, but historical land records may still use it.

How do I convert 5 feet 9 inches to meters?

Turn the inches into feet first: 9 ÷ 12 = 0.75, giving 5.75 ft. Multiplying by 0.3048 gives 1.7526 m, usually written as 1.75 m.

How many meters is a 30,000-foot cruising altitude?

30,000 × 0.3048 = 9,144 meters. Aviation in most countries still reports altitude in feet, while weather balloons and mountain heights often use meters.

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