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 4979 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 4979 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

4979 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4979 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5175992 km

The final result is:

4979 ft → 1.5175992 km

We conclude that 4979 feet is equivalent to 1.5175992 kilometers:

4979 feet = 1.5175992 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.6589355081368 × 4979 feet.

Another way is saying that 4979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.6589355081368 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

4979 ft ≅ 1.518 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six five nine times four thousand nine hundred seventy-nine 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