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 5980 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5980 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

5980 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5980 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.822704 km

The final result is:

5980 ft → 1.822704 km

We conclude that 5980 feet is equivalent to 1.822704 kilometers:

5980 feet = 1.822704 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.54863543394868 × 5980 feet.

Another way is saying that 5980 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.54863543394868 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

5980 ft ≅ 1.823 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point five four nine times five thousand nine hundred eighty 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