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 1600 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 1600 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

1600 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1600 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.48768 km

The final result is:

1600 ft → 0.48768 km

We conclude that 1600 feet is equivalent to 0.48768 kilometers:

1600 feet = 0.48768 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 2.0505249343832 × 1600 feet.

Another way is saying that 1600 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0505249343832 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

1600 ft ≅ 0.488 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately two point zero five one times one thousand six hundred 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