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 8478 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8478 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

8478 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8478 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5840944 km

The final result is:

8478 ft → 2.5840944 km

We conclude that 8478 feet is equivalent to 2.5840944 kilometers:

8478 feet = 2.5840944 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38698276657385 × 8478 feet.

Another way is saying that 8478 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38698276657385 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 seventy-eight feet is approximately two point five eight four kilometers:

8478 ft ≅ 2.584 km

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