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 5218 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5218 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

5218 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5218 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5904464 km

The final result is:

5218 ft → 1.5904464 km

We conclude that 5218 feet is equivalent to 1.5904464 kilometers:

5218 feet = 1.5904464 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.6287542918768 × 5218 feet.

Another way is saying that 5218 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.6287542918768 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 eighteen feet is approximately one point five nine kilometers:

5218 ft ≅ 1.59 km

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