Foot to Kilometer Converter

Foot

The foot (symbol: ft or ′) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.

Definition of a foot: one foot is defined as 0.3048 meters exactly. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches and one yard comprises three feet.

The plural of foot is feet. The foot is often used to measure and express height of a person. In the aviation, the flying altitude is also expressed in feet (e.g. 'we are flying at a height of 30,000 feet').

The length of the international foot corresponds to a human foot with shoe size of 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female) or 48 (EU sizing).

Kilometer

A kilometer (symbol: km) consists of one thousand meters. The kilo prefix stands for 1000. Kilometer is often used in measuring geographical distances. For example, the distance between New York and London is approximately 5571.55 kilometers. In the United States, however, mile is the prefered unit for measuring these distances. Vehicle speed is often measured in km/hour units.

Feet To Kilometers Table