The yard (yd) is a US customary and imperial unit of length. NIST lists it as exactly 0.9144 meters. It equals 3 feet of 0.3048 m (international foot) and 36 inches, and 1,760 yards make a statute mile.
Conversion
m = yd × 0.9144
yd = m ÷ 0.9144
ft = yd × 3
Example
A 100-yard field is 91.44 m. A 100 m track is 100 ÷ 0.9144 = 109.36 yd, so it is 9.36 yd longer. A mile is 1,760 × 0.9144 = 1,609.344 m.
The guides how many feet in a meter and how many feet in a mile include yard conversions; the converter meters to yards takes any value.
Common mistakes
A yard (3 ft) is not a meter; the meter is 1.0936 yd. A square yard is 9 square feet, not 3.