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 5200 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5200 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

5200 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5200 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.58496 km

The final result is:

5200 ft → 1.58496 km

We conclude that 5200 feet is equivalent to 1.58496 kilometers:

5200 feet = 1.58496 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.63093074904099 × 5200 feet.

Another way is saying that 5200 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.63093074904099 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5200 ft ≅ 1.585 km

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