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 8700 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8700 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

8700 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8700 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.65176 km

The final result is:

8700 ft → 2.65176 km

We conclude that 8700 feet is equivalent to 2.65176 kilometers:

8700 feet = 2.65176 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.37710803390955 × 8700 feet.

Another way is saying that 8700 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.37710803390955 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8700 ft ≅ 2.652 km

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