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 1272 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 1272 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

1272 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1272 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.3877056 km

The final result is:

1272 ft → 0.3877056 km

We conclude that 1272 feet is equivalent to 0.3877056 kilometers:

1272 feet = 0.3877056 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.5792766470229 × 1272 feet.

Another way is saying that 1272 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 2.5792766470229 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1272 ft ≅ 0.388 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point five seven nine times one thousand two hundred seventy-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