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 280 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 280 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

280 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 280 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.085344 km

The final result is:

280 ft → 0.085344 km

We conclude that 280 feet is equivalent to 0.085344 kilometers:

280 feet = 0.085344 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 11.717285339333 × 280 feet.

Another way is saying that 280 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 11.717285339333 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

280 ft ≅ 0.085 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately eleven point seven one seven times two hundred eighty 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