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 1478 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 1478 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

1478 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1478 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.4504944 km

The final result is:

1478 ft → 0.4504944 km

We conclude that 1478 feet is equivalent to 0.4504944 kilometers:

1478 feet = 0.4504944 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.2197834201713 × 1478 feet.

Another way is saying that 1478 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 2.2197834201713 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1478 ft ≅ 0.45 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point two two times one thousand four hundred seventy-eight 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