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 5996 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 5996 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

5996 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 5996 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 1.8275808 km

The final result is:

5996 ft → 1.8275808 km

We conclude that 5996 feet is equivalent to 1.8275808 kilometers:

5996 feet = 1.8275808 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.54717143012227 × 5996 feet.

Another way is saying that 5996 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.54717143012227 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 ninety-six feet is approximately one point eight two eight kilometers:

5996 ft ≅ 1.828 km

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