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 5580 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5580 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

5580 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5580 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.700784 km

The final result is:

5580 ft → 1.700784 km

We conclude that 5580 feet is equivalent to 1.700784 kilometers:

5580 feet = 1.700784 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.58796413889124 × 5580 feet.

Another way is saying that 5580 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58796413889124 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 eighty feet is approximately one point seven zero one kilometers:

5580 ft ≅ 1.701 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point five eight eight times five thousand five hundred eighty 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