Feet to Miles Converter
The Feet to Miles Converter is a user-friendly online tool, to convert between Feet to Miles quickly.
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Feet to Miles Converter
A Feet to Miles converter will convert distance in feet to an equivalent in miles. This is a useful tool in engineering, survey, sports, and travel where both units are used regularly.
About Feet and Miles
Feet:
Definition: The Imperial as well as the US customary measurement system also makes the foot a unit of length. It is a unit of medium size — smaller than a mile and larger than a few feet — and usually used for shorter distances or heights.
Symbol: ft
Length: It is equal to 12 inches. Feet is another form of a conversion unit, and you can convert them into yards, miles, meters, etc., if they’re calculated for larger distances.
Usage: There are many fields that use feet, e.g., architecture, real estate, sports, and aviation.
Miles:
Definition: It was a mile, unit of length in the Imperial and US customary systems. It has been historically the standard for land travel distance measurement.
Symbol: mi
Length: The law defines 1 mile to consist of exactly 5,280 feet. This is a constant that is used universally through systems that use Imperial or US customary units.
Usage: In the United States, the regions covered by the survey (including the United Kingdom and a few other countries), miles are frequently used to measure geographical distances, that is, road length and distances between cities.
Difference between feet and miles
Foot (ft) –
In the imperial and United States customary measurement systems the foot is a smaller unit of length.
12 inches or approximately 0.3048 meters make one foot.
It is used for shorter distances, measuring of height, and in construction and real estate regions.
Mile (mi) –
In the imperial system and United States customary measurement system, the mile (or nautical mile) is a larger unit of length.
It’s considered one mile to be 5,280 feet.
Longer distances, chiefly the length of roads, travel distances, or geographical features, are usually measured in miles.
Feet to Miles conversion formula example
The conversion factor: of 1 foot is approximately equal to 0.000189 miles. 1 mile is approximately equal to 5280 feet.
Let's say you have a length of 5000 Feet and want to convert it to Miles.
Therefore, 5000 feet is approximately equal to 0.95 miles.
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)
Q: So why do we use 5,280 feet in a mile?
A: Ancient Rome can boast of the mile whose root term is 1,000 paces. This was then adapted to use the current breadth of 5,280 feet, adding on the length of a furlong (660 feet), which was very commonly used in agriculture.
Q: Is it possible to do this backward (feet to miles)?
A: Therefore to convert miles to feet you multiply the distance in miles by 5,280.
Q: When would you want to use feet instead of miles?
A: Smaller more precise measurements (e.g. height room size) usually come off feet and are used for larger distances (e.g. between cities) are miles.
Q: How do you even go about estimating feet to miles in your head?
A: If you divide large numbers of feet by 5,000 you have an approximation of a mile, since there are 5,280 feet in a mile.
Q: Do feet and miles have global use?
A: Feet and miles are mostly used in the United States. It is used by most other countries, preferring the use of meters and kilometers.
A Table for Feet (ft) to Miles (M) Conversion
| Feet (ft) | Miles (mi) |
|---|---|
| 1 ft | 0.000189 miles |
| 2 ft | 0.000379 miles |
| 3 ft | 0.000568 miles |
| 4 ft | 0.000758 miles |
| 5 ft | 0.000947 miles |
| 6 ft | 0.001136 miles |
| 7 ft | 0.001326 miles |
| 8 ft | 0.001515 miles |
| 9 ft | 0.001705 miles |
| 10 ft | 0.001894 miles |
| 20 ft | 0.003788 miles |
| 30 ft | 0.005682 miles |
| 40 ft | 0.007576 miles |
| 50 ft | 0.009470 miles |
| 60 ft | 0.011364 miles |
| 70 ft | 0.013258 miles |
| 80 ft | 0.015152 miles |
| 90 ft | 0.017045 miles |
| 100 ft | 0.018939 miles |
| 200 ft | 0.037879 miles |
| 300 ft | 0.056818 miles |
| 400 ft | 0.075758 miles |
| 500 ft | 0.094697 miles |
| 600 ft | 0.113636 miles |
| 700 ft | 0.132576 miles |
| 800 ft | 0.151515 miles |
| 900 ft | 0.170455 miles |
| 1,000 ft | 0.189394 miles |