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 8500 feet into meters we have to multiply 8500 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

8500 ft → L_(m)

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

L_(m) = 8500 ft × 0.3048 m

L_(m) = 2590.8 m

The final result is:

8500 ft → 2590.8 m

We conclude that 8500 feet is equivalent to 2590.8 meters:

8500 feet = 2590.8 meters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 meter is equal to 0.00038598116411919 × 8500 feet.

Another way is saying that 8500 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.00038598116411919 meters.

Approximate result

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

8500 ft ≅ 2590.8 m

An alternative is also that one meter is approximately zero times eight thousand five hundred 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