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 978 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 978 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

978 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 978 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 0.2980944 km

The final result is:

978 ft → 0.2980944 km

We conclude that 978 feet is equivalent to 0.2980944 kilometers:

978 feet = 0.2980944 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 3.3546420194408 × 978 feet.

Another way is saying that 978 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 3.3546420194408 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

978 ft ≅ 0.298 km

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