Feet to Yards Converter (ft to yd)

Carpet, artificial turf and some fabrics are sold by the yard or the square yard, while rooms and gardens are usually measured in feet. Dividing by 3 turns a length in feet into yards exactly, because the yard is defined as 3 international feet.

Area is the trap. A room measuring 12 by 15 ft becomes 4 by 5 yd, so it covers 20 square yards, not 60: square feet divide by 9, not 3. The area converter handles square feet and square yards directly.

How to use this tool

1. Type a value in the Foot box to see it in yards, or type in the Yard box to convert the other way.
2. Press ⇄ to swap the two units, or Load example for a typical value.
3. Check the charts below for common values; for other units, open the Length converter.

Formula

Yard (yd) = Foot (ft) × 0.333333333333

Foot (ft) = Yard (yd) × 3

Both factors come from exact definitions: 1 yard = 3 feet and 1 foot = 0.333333333333 yards (shown to 12 significant digits).

Example

Two conversions worked with the same factors the converter uses:

14 ft × 0.333333333333 ≈ 4.66667 yd

6 yd × 3 = 18 ft

Foot to Yard chart

Common values from feet to yards, rounded to four decimal places.

Yard to Foot chart

The reverse direction for values people often look up.

Measurements in feet

Quick mental estimate

Divide by 3. Multiples of 3 ft come out whole (9 ft is 3 yd, 30 ft is 10 yd); anything else leaves a third or two thirds of a yard, which is 1 ft or 2 ft. The division is exact, so any rounding comes only from the decimals you keep.

Use the converter or the charts when the exact figure matters.

The two units

Foot (ft): The international foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, or 12 inches. This converter uses that definition, not the former US survey foot of 1200/3937 metre used in some historical survey records.

Yard (yd): The international yard is exactly 0.9144 metres, or 3 feet. It is used in the US and UK for fabric, sports fields such as American football and golf, and short distances on British road signs.