Feet to Miles Converter (ft to mi)
5,280 ft = 1 mi exactly. Convert feet to miles for flight altitudes, mountain heights, bridge spans and runways, with ft and mi charts.
Mile (mi) = Foot (ft) × 0.000189393939394
Foot (ft): The international foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, or 12 inches. This converter uses that definition, not the former US survey foot of 1200/3937 metre used in some historical survey records.
Mile (mi): The international (statute) mile is exactly 1609.344 metres, or 5280 feet. It is the unit for road distances and speed limits in the United States and the United Kingdom.
| Foot (ft) | Mile (mi) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.000189393939394 |
| 5 | 0.00094696969697 |
| 10 | 0.00189393939394 |
| 25 | 0.00473484848485 |
| 50 | 0.0094696969697 |
| 100 | 0.0189393939394 |
Big numbers in feet are easier to picture in miles. An airliner at 35,000 ft is more than six and a half miles up, and Denali's summit stands almost four miles above sea level. Dividing by 5,280, the exact number of feet in a statute mile, gives those figures directly.
Lengths on the ground convert the same way: a bridge span, a runway or a stretch of trail. Pilots should note that aviation charts give distances in nautical miles of about 6,076 ft, so a figure in statute miles will be about 15% larger than the chart value.
How to use this tool
- Type a value in the Foot box to see it in miles, or type in the Mile box to convert the other way.
- Press ⇄ to swap the two units, or Load example for a typical value.
- Check the charts below for common values; for other units, open the Length converter.
Formula
Mile (mi) = Foot (ft) × 0.000189393939394
Foot (ft) = Mile (mi) × 5280
Both factors come from exact definitions: 1 mile = 5280 feet and 1 foot = 0.000189393939394 miles (shown to 12 significant digits).
Example
Two conversions worked with the same factors the converter uses:
35000 ft × 0.000189393939394 ≈ 6.62879 mi
0.5 mi × 5280 = 2640 ft
Foot to Mile chart
Common values from feet to miles, rounded to four decimal places.
| Foot (ft) | Mile (mi) |
|---|---|
| 50 | 0.0095 |
| 200 | 0.0379 |
| 400 | 0.0758 |
| 528 | 0.1 |
| 800 | 0.1515 |
| 1,200 | 0.2273 |
| 1,500 | 0.2841 |
| 2,500 | 0.4735 |
| 3,500 | 0.6629 |
| 4,000 | 0.7576 |
| 5,280 | 1 |
| 6,000 | 1.1364 |
| 8,000 | 1.5152 |
| 10,000 | 1.8939 |
| 14,000 | 2.6515 |
| 15,000 | 2.8409 |
| 20,000 | 3.7879 |
| 25,000 | 4.7348 |
| 30,000 | 5.6818 |
| 40,000 | 7.5758 |
| 45,000 | 8.5227 |
| 60,000 | 11.3636 |
| 100,000 | 18.9394 |
Mile to Foot chart
The reverse direction for values people often look up.
| Mile (mi) | Foot (ft) |
|---|---|
| 0.02 | 105.6 |
| 0.15 | 792 |
| 0.33 | 1,742.4 |
| 0.7 | 3,696 |
| 1.5 | 7,920 |
| 2 | 10,560 |
| 4 | 21,120 |
| 6 | 31,680 |
| 8 | 42,240 |
| 12 | 63,360 |
| 15 | 79,200 |
| 20 | 105,600 |
Heights and lengths given in feet
| Item | Foot (ft) | Mile (mi) |
|---|---|---|
| Denali summit, highest in North America | 20,310 | 3.8466 |
| Mount Whitney, highest in the contiguous US | 14,505 | 2.7472 |
| Flight level 350, a typical jet cruising level | 35,000 | 6.6288 |
| Golden Gate Bridge, main span | 4,200 | 0.7955 |
| Empire State Building, height to the tip | 1,454 | 0.2754 |
| Long airport runway, a 10,000-foot class | 10,000 | 1.8939 |
| Willis Tower, roof height | 1,450 | 0.2746 |
Quick mental estimate
Divide by 5,000 for a quick figure: 35,000 ft → about 7 mi, while the exact result is 6.63 mi. Using 5,000 instead of 5,280 overstates the miles by about 5.6%, so trim a little over a twentieth off the estimate: 7 mi minus 0.35 gives 6.65 mi.
Use the converter or the charts when the exact figure matters.
The two units
Foot (ft): The international foot is exactly 0.3048 metres, or 12 inches. This converter uses that definition, not the former US survey foot of 1200/3937 metre used in some historical survey records.
Mile (mi): The international (statute) mile is exactly 1609.344 metres, or 5280 feet. It is the unit for road distances and speed limits in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Frequently asked questions
How many miles high is a plane at 35,000 feet?
About 6.63 mi, or 10.67 km. Commercial jets typically cruise somewhere between about 30,000 and 42,000 ft.
How tall is Mount Everest in miles?
Its 2020 surveyed height of 8,848.86 m is about 29,032 ft, or roughly 5.5 mi. That makes it about 1.65 mi taller than Denali, both measured from sea level.
How do I convert feet to miles on a trail map?
Divide the feet by 5,280. Elevation gain is usually left in feet, though: a climb of 3,000 ft is easier to judge than 0.57 mi of vertical, which is why US trail guides list distance in miles and climbing in feet.
How precise is the result?
The converter uses the exact definitions above with browser floating-point arithmetic and shows up to 12 significant digits. The charts round to four decimal places for reading.
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