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 550 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 550 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

550 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 550 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.16764 km

The final result is:

550 ft → 0.16764 km

We conclude that 550 feet is equivalent to 0.16764 kilometers:

550 feet = 0.16764 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.9651634454784 × 550 feet.

Another way is saying that 550 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 5.9651634454784 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

550 ft ≅ 0.168 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five point nine six five times five hundred fifty 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