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 518 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 518 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

518 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 518 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1578864 km

The final result is:

518 ft → 0.1578864 km

We conclude that 518 feet is equivalent to 0.1578864 kilometers:

518 feet = 0.1578864 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 6.3336677509906 × 518 feet.

Another way is saying that 518 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 6.3336677509906 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

518 ft ≅ 0.158 km

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