Convert one time the area of an American football field to hectares

Explanation

To convert one time the area of an American football field to hectares all we need is to know the conversion factor and we are done. Luckily, we can compute that factor using the units' definitions below.

We find that one time the area of an American football field is approximately equal to 0.5351 hectares.

Formula

1 affa ≈ 0.5351 ha

American football fields (area)affa

dimension	area
symbol	affa

This unit represents the area of an American football field (affa) as defined by the official NFL rulebook.

The American football field is the playing field for American or gridiron football.

The field is a rectangle 160-feet-wide with a 300-feet-long field of play surrounded on both sides by a 30-feet-wide end zone.

Every year the best team of the NFC and AFC face each other in the Super Bowl, one of the world's most watched sporting events.

Definition

The American football field is 360 feet long (including both end zones) and 160 feet wide.

NFL Rulebook

Value

One American football field is 57600 square feet.

Value in terms of the SI

The area of an American football field is equivalent to 5351.215104 square meters.

Equivalences

One One American football field is equivalent to:

hectaresha

dimension	area
symbol	ha

The hectare (ha) is a metric unit of area accepted for use with the SI.

It is widely used throughout the world to measure large areas of land.

Definition of the hectare

One hectare is equal to 10000 square meters.

The International System of Units 9^th edition p. 145

Equivalences

One hectare is equivalent to:

Some Facts

The Amazon rainforest covers 550 million hectares, at least for now. Everywhere in the Amazonian basin the forest is cleared to make space for agriculture and cattle pasture.

It's not a fatality though, deforestation can be prevented by adopting a few good habits.

Prefix

hecto

10²

The prefix hecto- comes from the Greek hekatón meaning a hundred. The associated multiplicative factor is 100 or 10².

centiare	ca	0.01
deciare	da	0.1
are	a	1
decare	daa	10
hectare	ha	100