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 517 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 517 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

517 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 517 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1575816 km

The final result is:

517 ft → 0.1575816 km

We conclude that 517 feet is equivalent to 0.1575816 kilometers:

517 feet = 0.1575816 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 6.3459185590196 × 517 feet.

Another way is saying that 517 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 6.3459185590196 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

517 ft ≅ 0.158 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately six point three four six times five hundred seventeen 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