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 9800 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 9800 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

9800 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 9800 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 2.98704 km

The final result is:

9800 ft → 2.98704 km

We conclude that 9800 feet is equivalent to 2.98704 kilometers:

9800 feet = 2.98704 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.33477958112379 × 9800 feet.

Another way is saying that 9800 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.33477958112379 kilometers.

Approximate result

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

9800 ft ≅ 2.987 km

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