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 8979 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8979 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

8979 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8979 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.7367992 km

The final result is:

8979 ft → 2.7367992 km

We conclude that 8979 feet is equivalent to 2.7367992 kilometers:

8979 feet = 2.7367992 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.36539034358092 × 8979 feet.

Another way is saying that 8979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.36539034358092 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

8979 ft ≅ 2.737 km

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