Calculate travel time in minutes from distance and speed, or solve for distance or average speed, with feet, miles, metric distances, and common speed and time units.

Use a constant speed, or an average speed that includes the stops you want counted.

Feet To Minutes Formula

The following formula is used to calculate the time in minutes it takes to cover a certain distance in feet.

T = D / S

Variables:

  • T is the time in minutes
  • D is the distance in feet
  • S is the speed in feet per minute

When distance is in feet and speed is in feet per minute, divide distance by speed to obtain minutes directly. No extra factor of 60 is needed.

Feet to Minutes Conversion Table at Common Speeds (constant speed travel)
Distance (ft) Minutes @ 200 ft/min Minutes @ 300 ft/min Minutes @ 440 ft/min Minutes @ 528 ft/min Minutes @ 880 ft/min
500.2500.1670.1140.0950.057
1000.5000.3330.2270.1890.114
2001.0000.6670.4550.3790.227
2501.2500.8330.5680.4730.284
5002.5001.6671.1360.9470.568
6603.3002.2001.5001.2500.750
8804.4002.9332.0001.6671.000
1,0005.0003.3332.2731.8941.136
1,3206.6004.4003.0002.5001.500
1,7608.8005.8674.0003.3332.000
2,00010.0006.6674.5453.7882.273
2,64013.2008.8006.0005.0003.000
3,00015.00010.0006.8185.6823.409
4,00020.00013.3339.0917.5764.545
4,40022.00014.66710.0008.3335.000
5,00025.00016.66711.3649.4705.682
5,28026.40017.60012.00010.0006.000
7,92039.60026.40018.00015.0009.000
10,00050.00033.33322.72718.93911.364
15,84079.20052.80036.00030.00018.000
* Rounded to 3 decimals. Minutes = distance (ft) ÷ speed (ft/min). Speed equivalents: 200 ft/min ≈ 2.27 mph, 300 ft/min ≈ 3.41 mph, 440 ft/min = 5 mph, 528 ft/min = 6 mph, 880 ft/min = 10 mph. Note: 1 mph = 88 ft/min.

What is Feet To Minutes?

Feet to minutes is not a standard measurement conversion as feet measure distance and minutes measure time. However, in certain contexts like walking or running speed, it could refer to the amount of time (minutes) it takes to cover a certain distance (feet). For example, if someone walks at a speed of 3 miles per hour, you could calculate how many minutes it would take them to walk a certain number of feet.

How to Calculate Feet To Minutes?

The following steps outline how to calculate Feet To Minutes using T = D / S, with D in feet and S in feet per minute.


  1. First, determine the distance in feet (D).
  2. Next, determine the speed in feet per minute (S).
  3. Next, use T = D / S to calculate the time in minutes (T).
  4. Finally, calculate the Feet To Minutes.
  5. After inserting the variables and calculating the result, check your answer with the calculator above.

Example Problem : 

Use the following variables as an example problem to test your knowledge.

distance in feet (D) = 500

speed in feet per minute (S) = 50. Travel time is 500 ÷ 50 = 10 minutes.