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 1642 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 1642 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

1642 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 1642 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.5004816 km

The final result is:

1642 ft → 0.5004816 km

We conclude that 1642 feet is equivalent to 0.5004816 kilometers:

1642 feet = 0.5004816 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 1.998075453723 × 1642 feet.

Another way is saying that 1642 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.998075453723 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 forty-two feet is approximately zero point five kilometers:

1642 ft ≅ 0.5 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one point nine nine eight times one thousand six hundred 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