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 5048 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5048 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

5048 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5048 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5386304 km

The final result is:

5048 ft → 1.5386304 km

We conclude that 5048 feet is equivalent to 1.5386304 kilometers:

5048 feet = 1.5386304 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.64992866382986 × 5048 feet.

Another way is saying that 5048 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.64992866382986 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5048 ft ≅ 1.539 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six five times five thousand forty-eight 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