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 5242 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5242 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

5242 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5242 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.5977616 km

The final result is:

5242 ft → 1.5977616 km

We conclude that 5242 feet is equivalent to 1.5977616 kilometers:

5242 feet = 1.5977616 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.62587559996435 × 5242 feet.

Another way is saying that 5242 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.62587559996435 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 forty-two feet is approximately one point five nine eight kilometers:

5242 ft ≅ 1.598 km

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