5 kilometers in feet

Result

The conversion result is: 5 kilometers is equivalent to 16404.1994750656 feet.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 kilometers to feet?

We know (by definition) that: 1 km ≈ 3280.8399 ft.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of feet.

1 km / 5 km ≈ 3280.8399 ft / x ft

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x ft ≈ (5 km / 1 km) * 3280.8399 ft → x ft ≈ 16404.1995 ft

Conclusion:

5 km ≈ 16404.1995 ft

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 foot is equal to 6.096e-05 times 5 kilometers.

It can also be expressed as: 5 kilometers is equal to 1 / 6.096e-05 feet.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five kilometers is about sixteen thousand, four hundred and four point two zero feet, or alternatively, a foot is about zero times five kilometers.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Kilometers

The kilometre or kilometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres (kilo being the SI prefix for 1000). It is now the measurement unit used officially for expressing distances between geographical places on land in most of the world; notable exceptions are the United States and the road network of the United Kingdom where the statute mile is the official unit used.

Feet

The foot is a unit of length in the imperial and US customary systems of measurement. Since 1959, both units have been defined by international agreement as equivalent to 0.3048 meters exactly. In both systems, the foot comprises 12 inches and three feet compose a yard.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.

Result

Conversion formula How to convert 5 kilometers to feet?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 kilometers to feet?