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 8511 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8511 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

8511 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8511 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5941528 km

The final result is:

8511 ft → 2.5941528 km

We conclude that 8511 feet is equivalent to 2.5941528 kilometers:

8511 feet = 2.5941528 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38548230466609 × 8511 feet.

Another way is saying that 8511 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38548230466609 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8511 ft ≅ 2.594 km

An alternative is also that one kilometer is approximately zero point three eight five times eight thousand five hundred eleven 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