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 8240 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8240 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

8240 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8240 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.511552 km

The final result is:

8240 ft → 2.511552 km

We conclude that 8240 feet is equivalent to 2.511552 kilometers:

8240 feet = 2.511552 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.39816018143363 × 8240 feet.

Another way is saying that 8240 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.39816018143363 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8240 ft ≅ 2.512 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point three nine eight times eight thousand two hundred forty 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