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 5150 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5150 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

5150 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5150 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.56972 km

The final result is:

5150 ft → 1.56972 km

We conclude that 5150 feet is equivalent to 1.56972 kilometers:

5150 feet = 1.56972 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.63705629029381 × 5150 feet.

Another way is saying that 5150 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.63705629029381 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5150 ft ≅ 1.57 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six three seven times five thousand one hundred fifty 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