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 5179 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5179 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

5179 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5179 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5785592 km

The final result is:

5179 ft → 1.5785592 km

We conclude that 5179 feet is equivalent to 1.5785592 kilometers:

5179 feet = 1.5785592 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.63348907028637 × 5179 feet.

Another way is saying that 5179 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.63348907028637 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-nine feet is approximately one point five seven nine kilometers:

5179 ft ≅ 1.579 km

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