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 3970 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 3970 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

3970 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 3970 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.210056 km

The final result is:

3970 ft → 1.210056 km

We conclude that 3970 feet is equivalent to 1.210056 kilometers:

3970 feet = 1.210056 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.82640803400834 × 3970 feet.

Another way is saying that 3970 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.82640803400834 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

3970 ft ≅ 1.21 km

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