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 5988 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5988 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

5988 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5988 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.8251424 km

The final result is:

5988 ft → 1.8251424 km

We conclude that 5988 feet is equivalent to 1.8251424 kilometers:

5988 feet = 1.8251424 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.54790245407701 × 5988 feet.

Another way is saying that 5988 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.54790245407701 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-eight feet is approximately one point eight two five kilometers:

5988 ft ≅ 1.825 km

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