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 4800 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 4800 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

4800 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4800 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.46304 km

The final result is:

4800 ft → 1.46304 km

We conclude that 4800 feet is equivalent to 1.46304 kilometers:

4800 feet = 1.46304 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.68350831146107 × 4800 feet.

Another way is saying that 4800 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.68350831146107 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4800 ft ≅ 1.463 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six eight four times four 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