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 4997 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 4997 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

4997 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 4997 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5230856 km

The final result is:

4997 ft → 1.5230856 km

We conclude that 4997 feet is equivalent to 1.5230856 kilometers:

4997 feet = 1.5230856 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.65656191615232 × 4997 feet.

Another way is saying that 4997 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.65656191615232 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 ninety-seven feet is approximately one point five two three kilometers:

4997 ft ≅ 1.523 km

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