Feet to Miles Calculator — ft to mi Converter
Divide any distance in feet by 5,280 to get statute miles. Also shows kilometres, metres, yards and nautical miles from the same entry.
ft
5,280 ft ÷ 5,280 = 1 mi
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Feet per statute mile
5,2801 statute mile = 5,280 feet by legal definition. - 2
Miles
5,280 ÷ 5,280 = 1
How does this calculator work?
Divide feet by 5,280 to get statute miles — this is exact by definition. Multiply by 0.3048 for metres, 0.0003048 for kilometres. 5,280 ft = 1 mile = 1.60934 km. For nautical miles, divide metres by 1,852.
Formula
How this is calculated
The statute mile is defined as exactly 5,280 feet — a legal definition that has been fixed since the 1593 Statute of Artificers in England. Dividing any number of feet by 5,280 gives the exact number of statute miles; multiplying by its reciprocal (≈ 0.0001893939…) is equivalent. The metric conversions flow from the international foot: one foot equals exactly 0.3048 metres, so multiplying by 0.3048 gives metres and by 0.0003048 gives kilometres — no measured constants involved.
Yards follow from the fact that one yard equals exactly 3 feet, so dividing by 3 gives yards. Nautical miles use the international nautical mile of exactly 1,852 metres; since one foot is 0.3048 m, one foot equals 0.3048 ÷ 1852 ≈ 0.000164579 nautical miles.
The reference scale shows the input on a 0–5,280 ft axis (one full mile). For values longer than a mile, the numeric table remains exact and only the visual scale is omitted.
Frequently asked questions
Exactly 5,280 feet. This is the legal definition of the statute mile used in the United States and the United Kingdom.
10,000 ÷ 5,280 ≈ 1.8939 miles, or about 1 mile and 4,720 feet. In metric: 10,000 × 0.3048 = 3,048 m = 3.048 km.
A statute mile is 5,280 feet (1,609.344 m). A nautical mile is 1,852 metres — about 15% longer (6,076.1 feet). Nautical miles are used in aviation and maritime navigation.
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