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 170 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 170 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

170 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 170 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.051816 km

The final result is:

170 ft → 0.051816 km

We conclude that 170 feet is equivalent to 0.051816 kilometers:

170 feet = 0.051816 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 19.29905820596 × 170 feet.

Another way is saying that 170 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 19.29905820596 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

170 ft ≅ 0.052 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately nineteen point two nine nine times one hundred seventy 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