Convert feet to miles
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{"answerString":"1.894E-4","answerSymbol":"miles"}Precise decimal and fraction answers
The conversion in miles rounded to six significant decimal places is 1 ft = 0.000189394 mi. The precise fraction answer is 1/5280 mi.
Decimal Precision
Conversion from one to ten decimal places
- 1 ft = 0.0002 mi
- 1 ft = 0.00019 mi
- 1 ft = 0.000189 mi
- 1 ft = 0.0001894 mi
- 1 ft = 0.00018939 mi
- 1 ft = 0.000189394 mi
- 1 ft = 0.0001893939 mi
- 1 ft = 0.00018939394 mi
- 1 ft = 0.000189393939 mi
- 1 ft = 0.0001893939394 mi
How many miles are in a foot?
There are 1.894×10-4 miles in one foot. A foot is 0.019% of a mile. A mile is 527,900% longer than one foot.
Feet to miles conversion factor and formulas
FormulaThe conversion factor between feet and miles is 5,280. This represents the ratio of feet per one mile. To calculate the value in miles, we can either divide by the conversion factor or multiply by its inverse.
Division
To convert from feet to miles, divide feet by 5,280.
The formula is expressed as:
ft ÷ 5,280 = mi
Multiplication
Alternatively we can multiply by the inverse conversion factor to get the same result.
The inverse of 5,280 is 1/5,280 or 0.
To convert from feet to miles, multiply feet by 0.
The formula is expressed as:
ft × 0 = mi
About this conversion
When converting from from feet to miles, both units are within the US Customary / UK Imperial system and conversion factors are governed by standards set by the controlling body.
About Feet
Customary/Imperial UnitThe foot is a length unit of measure within the US Customary and UK Imperial systems. It is commonly abbreviated as ft or using the ' symbol. The official definition of the foot is 0.3048 meters. Within the Imperial system, the foot is equal to 12 inches or 1/3 of a yard. The foot is very widely used within the United States in situations where nearly the rest of the world would measure in meters. Globally, the foot is used by the aviation community as the standard measurement of flight altitude eg. 35,000 feet.
<About Miles
Customary/Imperial UnitThe mile is a measure of distance between two points used within the US Customary and British Imperial units of measure. It is customarily used to measure large geographical distances. The mile is officially defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards or 1,609.344 meters. The abbreviation or for miles is 'mi' or sometimes 'm' as in miles per hour. The mile's origin stems from the Roman mile, which marked the distance the Roman army could march over 1,000 (mille) paces.
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1 feet to other length units
Metric
- 1 ft = 3.048×10-4 km
- 1 ft = 0.305 m
- 1 ft = 3.048 dm
- 1 ft = 30.48 cm
- 1 ft = 304.8 mm
- 1 ft = 304,800 µ
- 1 ft = 3.048×108 nm
Imperial/U.S.
- 1 ft = 1.894×10-4 mi
- 1 ft = 0.333 yd
- 1 ft = 1 ft
- 1 ft = 12 in
References and Citations
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) General Tables of Units of Measurement
Feet to miles conversion table
| ft | mi |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 1.894×10-4 mi |
| 2 ft | 3.788×10-4 mi |
| 3 ft | 5.682×10-4 mi |
| 4 ft | 7.576×10-4 mi |
| 5 ft | 9.47×10-4 mi |
| 6 ft | 0.001 mi |
| 7 ft | 0.001 mi |
| 8 ft | 0.002 mi |
| 9 ft | 0.002 mi |
| 10 ft | 0.002 mi |
| ft | mi |
|---|---|
| 20 ft | 0.004 mi |
| 30 ft | 0.006 mi |
| 40 ft | 0.008 mi |
| 50 ft | 0.009 mi |
| 60 ft | 0.011 mi |
| 70 ft | 0.013 mi |
| 80 ft | 0.015 mi |
| 90 ft | 0.017 mi |
| 100 ft | 0.019 mi |
| 1,000 ft | 0.189 mi |