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 9897 feet into kilometers we have to multiply 9897 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

9897 ft → L_(km)

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

L_(km) = 9897 ft × 0.0003048 km

L_(km) = 3.0166056 km

The final result is:

9897 ft → 3.0166056 km

We conclude that 9897 feet is equivalent to 3.0166056 kilometers:

9897 feet = 3.0166056 kilometers

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 kilometer is equal to 0.3314984232609 × 9897 feet.

Another way is saying that 9897 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.3314984232609 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 ninety-seven feet is approximately three point zero one seven kilometers:

9897 ft ≅ 3.017 km

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