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 3997 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 3997 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

3997 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 3997 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.2182856 km

The final result is:

3997 ft → 1.2182856 km

We conclude that 3997 feet is equivalent to 1.2182856 kilometers:

3997 feet = 1.2182856 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.82082559294799 × 3997 feet.

Another way is saying that 3997 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.82082559294799 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 ninety-seven feet is approximately one point two one eight kilometers:

3997 ft ≅ 1.218 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point eight two one times three thousand nine hundred ninety-seven 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