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 48 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 48 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

48 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 48 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.0146304 km

The final result is:

48 ft → 0.0146304 km

We conclude that 48 feet is equivalent to 0.0146304 kilometers:

48 feet = 0.0146304 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 68.350831146107 × 48 feet.

Another way is saying that 48 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 68.350831146107 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

48 ft ≅ 0.015 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately sixty-eight point three five one times forty-eight 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