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 588.6 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 588.6 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

588.6 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 588.6 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.17940528 km

The final result is:

588.6 ft → 0.17940528 km

We conclude that 588.6 feet is equivalent to 0.17940528 kilometers:

588.6 feet = 0.17940528 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 5.5739719589078 × 588.6 feet.

Another way is saying that 588.6 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 5.5739719589078 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

588.6 ft ≅ 0.179 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately five point five seven four times five hundred eighty-eight point six 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