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 172 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 172 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

172 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 172 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.0524256 km

The final result is:

172 ft → 0.0524256 km

We conclude that 172 feet is equivalent to 0.0524256 kilometers:

172 feet = 0.0524256 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 19.074650552402 × 172 feet.

Another way is saying that 172 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 19.074650552402 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

172 ft ≅ 0.052 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately nineteen point zero seven five times one 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