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 5171 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5171 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

5171 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5171 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5761208 km

The final result is:

5171 ft → 1.5761208 km

We conclude that 5171 feet is equivalent to 1.5761208 kilometers:

5171 feet = 1.5761208 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.63446913459933 × 5171 feet.

Another way is saying that 5171 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.63446913459933 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 seventy-one feet is approximately one point five seven six kilometers:

5171 ft ≅ 1.576 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point six three four times five thousand one hundred seventy-one 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