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 3281 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 3281 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

3281 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 3281 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.0000488 km

The final result is:

3281 ft → 1.0000488 km

We conclude that 3281 feet is equivalent to 1.0000488 kilometers:

3281 feet = 1.0000488 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.99995120238132 × 3281 feet.

Another way is saying that 3281 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.99995120238132 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

3281 ft ≅ 1 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately one times three thousand two hundred eighty-one 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