Conversion formula

The conversion factor from kilometers to feet is 3280.8398950131, which means that 1 kilometer is equal to 3280.8398950131 feet:

1 km = 3280.8398950131 ft

To convert 3 kilometers into feet we have to multiply 3 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from kilometers to feet. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 km → 3280.8398950131 ft

3 km → L_(ft)

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

L_(ft) = 3 km × 3280.8398950131 ft

L_(ft) = 9842.5196850394 ft

The final result is:

3 km → 9842.5196850394 ft

We conclude that 3 kilometers is equivalent to 9842.5196850394 feet:

3 kilometers = 9842.5196850394 feet

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 foot is equal to 0.0001016 × 3 kilometers.

Another way is saying that 3 kilometers is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0001016 feet.

Approximate result

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

3 km ≅ 9842.52 ft

An alternative is also that one foot is approximately zero times three kilometers.

Conversion table

kilometers to feet chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from kilometers to feet