5280 feet in meters

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 5280 feet into meters we have to multiply 5280 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

5280 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 5280 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 1609.344 m

The final result is:

5280 ft → 1609.344 m

We conclude that 5280 feet is equivalent to 1609.344 meters:

5280 feet = 1609.344 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.00062137119223733 × 5280 feet.

Another way is saying that 5280 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00062137119223733 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand two hundred eighty feet is approximately one thousand six hundred nine point three four four meters:

5280 ft ≅ 1609.344 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero point zero zero one times five thousand two hundred eighty feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters