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 8640 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8640 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

8640 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8640 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.633472 km

The final result is:

8640 ft → 2.633472 km

We conclude that 8640 feet is equivalent to 2.633472 kilometers:

8640 feet = 2.633472 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.37972683970059 × 8640 feet.

Another way is saying that 8640 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.37972683970059 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8640 ft ≅ 2.633 km

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