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 500 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 500 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

500 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 500 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1524 km

The final result is:

500 ft → 0.1524 km

We conclude that 500 feet is equivalent to 0.1524 kilometers:

500 feet = 0.1524 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 6.5616797900262 × 500 feet.

Another way is saying that 500 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 6.5616797900262 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

500 ft ≅ 0.152 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately six point five six two times five 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