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 559 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 559 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

559 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 559 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1703832 km

The final result is:

559 ft → 0.1703832 km

We conclude that 559 feet is equivalent to 0.1703832 kilometers:

559 feet = 0.1703832 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.8691232468929 × 559 feet.

Another way is saying that 559 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 5.8691232468929 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

559 ft ≅ 0.17 km

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