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 5840 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5840 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

5840 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5840 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.780032 km

The final result is:

5840 ft → 1.780032 km

We conclude that 5840 feet is equivalent to 1.780032 kilometers:

5840 feet = 1.780032 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.56178765325567 × 5840 feet.

Another way is saying that 5840 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.56178765325567 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5840 ft ≅ 1.78 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point five six two times five thousand eight hundred forty 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