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 8518 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8518 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

8518 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8518 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5962864 km

The final result is:

8518 ft → 2.5962864 km

We conclude that 8518 feet is equivalent to 2.5962864 kilometers:

8518 feet = 2.5962864 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38516551948968 × 8518 feet.

Another way is saying that 8518 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38516551948968 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 eighteen feet is approximately two point five nine six kilometers:

8518 ft ≅ 2.596 km

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