Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to meters is 0.3048, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.3048 meters:

1 ft = 0.3048 m

To convert 8420 feet into meters we have to multiply 8420 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to meters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.3048 m

8420 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 8420 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 2566.416 m

The final result is:

8420 ft → 2566.416 m

We conclude that 8420 feet is equivalent to 2566.416 meters:

8420 feet = 2566.416 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.00038964844358826 × 8420 feet.

Another way is saying that 8420 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00038964844358826 meters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eight thousand four hundred twenty feet is approximately two thousand five hundred sixty-six point four one six meters:

8420 ft ≅ 2566.416 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times eight thousand four hundred twenty feet.

Conversion table

feet to meters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to meters