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 8242 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8242 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

8242 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8242 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5121616 km

The final result is:

8242 ft → 2.5121616 km

We conclude that 8242 feet is equivalent to 2.5121616 kilometers:

8242 feet = 2.5121616 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.39806356406371 × 8242 feet.

Another way is saying that 8242 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.39806356406371 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-two feet is approximately two point five one two kilometers:

8242 ft ≅ 2.512 km

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