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 5889 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5889 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

5889 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5889 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.7949672 km

The final result is:

5889 ft → 1.7949672 km

We conclude that 5889 feet is equivalent to 1.7949672 kilometers:

5889 feet = 1.7949672 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.5571132441863 × 5889 feet.

Another way is saying that 5889 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.5571132441863 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 eighty-nine feet is approximately one point seven nine five kilometers:

5889 ft ≅ 1.795 km

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