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 579 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 579 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

579 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 579 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.1764792 km

The final result is:

579 ft → 0.1764792 km

We conclude that 579 feet is equivalent to 0.1764792 kilometers:

579 feet = 0.1764792 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.6663901468275 × 579 feet.

Another way is saying that 579 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 5.6663901468275 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

579 ft ≅ 0.176 km

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