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 8998 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 8998 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

8998 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 8998 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.7425904 km

The final result is:

8998 ft → 2.7425904 km

We conclude that 8998 feet is equivalent to 2.7425904 kilometers:

8998 feet = 2.7425904 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.36461879251091 × 8998 feet.

Another way is saying that 8998 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.36461879251091 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-eight feet is approximately two point seven four three kilometers:

8998 ft ≅ 2.743 km

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