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 8996 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8996 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

8996 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8996 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.7419808 km

The final result is:

8996 ft → 2.7419808 km

We conclude that 8996 feet is equivalent to 2.7419808 kilometers:

8996 feet = 2.7419808 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.36469985493699 × 8996 feet.

Another way is saying that 8996 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.36469985493699 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 ninety-six feet is approximately two point seven four two kilometers:

8996 ft ≅ 2.742 km

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