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 3800 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 3800 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

3800 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 3800 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.15824 km

The final result is:

3800 ft → 1.15824 km

We conclude that 3800 feet is equivalent to 1.15824 kilometers:

3800 feet = 1.15824 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.8633789197403 × 3800 feet.

Another way is saying that 3800 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.8633789197403 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

3800 ft ≅ 1.158 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point eight six three times three thousand eight hundred 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