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 5579 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5579 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

5579 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5579 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.7004792 km

The final result is:

5579 ft → 1.7004792 km

We conclude that 5579 feet is equivalent to 1.7004792 kilometers:

5579 feet = 1.7004792 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.58806952769549 × 5579 feet.

Another way is saying that 5579 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58806952769549 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5579 ft ≅ 1.7 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point five eight eight times five thousand five hundred seventy-nine 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