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 8521 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8521 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

8521 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8521 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.5972008 km

The final result is:

8521 ft → 2.5972008 km

We conclude that 8521 feet is equivalent to 2.5972008 kilometers:

8521 feet = 2.5972008 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.38502991374406 × 8521 feet.

Another way is saying that 8521 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.38502991374406 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 twenty-one feet is approximately two point five nine seven kilometers:

8521 ft ≅ 2.597 km

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