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 4897 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 4897 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

4897 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4897 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.4926056 km

The final result is:

4897 ft → 1.4926056 km

We conclude that 4897 feet is equivalent to 1.4926056 kilometers:

4897 feet = 1.4926056 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.66996934756241 × 4897 feet.

Another way is saying that 4897 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.66996934756241 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 ninety-seven feet is approximately one point four nine three kilometers:

4897 ft ≅ 1.493 km

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