Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to kilometers is 0.0003048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.0003048 kilometers:

1 ft = 0.0003048 km

To convert 1042 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 1042 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to kilometers. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.0003048 km

1042 ft → L_(km)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in kilometers:

L_(km) = 1042 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.3176016 km

The final result is:

1042 ft → 0.3176016 km

We conclude that 1042 feet is equivalent to 0.3176016 kilometers:

1042 feet = 0.3176016 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 3.1485987476134 × 1042 feet.

Another way is saying that 1042 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 3.1485987476134 kilometers.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one thousand forty-two feet is approximately zero point three one eight kilometers:

1042 ft ≅ 0.318 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately three point one four nine times one thousand forty-two feet.

Conversion table

feet to kilometers chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to kilometers