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 8462 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8462 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

8462 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8462 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5792176 km

The final result is:

8462 ft → 2.5792176 km

We conclude that 8462 feet is equivalent to 2.5792176 kilometers:

8462 feet = 2.5792176 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38771447589377 × 8462 feet.

Another way is saying that 8462 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38771447589377 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8462 ft ≅ 2.579 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point three eight eight times eight thousand four hundred sixty-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