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 8490 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8490 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

8490 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8490 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.587752 km

The final result is:

8490 ft → 2.587752 km

We conclude that 8490 feet is equivalent to 2.587752 kilometers:

8490 feet = 2.587752 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38643579446562 × 8490 feet.

Another way is saying that 8490 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38643579446562 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 ninety feet is approximately two point five eight eight kilometers:

8490 ft ≅ 2.588 km

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