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 553 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 553 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

553 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 553 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1685544 km

The final result is:

553 ft → 0.1685544 km

We conclude that 553 feet is equivalent to 0.1685544 kilometers:

553 feet = 0.1685544 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.9328027034595 × 553 feet.

Another way is saying that 553 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 5.9328027034595 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

553 ft ≅ 0.169 km

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