Conversion formula

The conversion factor from feet to miles is 0.00018939393939394, which means that 1 foot is equal to 0.00018939393939394 miles:

1 ft = 0.00018939393939394 mi

To convert 2979 feet into miles we have to multiply 2979 by the conversion factor in order to get the length amount from feet to miles. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 ft → 0.00018939393939394 mi

2979 ft → L_(mi)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the length L in miles:

L_(mi) = 2979 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.56420454545455 mi

The final result is:

2979 ft → 0.56420454545455 mi

We conclude that 2979 feet is equivalent to 0.56420454545455 miles:

2979 feet = 0.56420454545455 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.7724068479355 × 2979 feet.

Another way is saying that 2979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.7724068479355 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine feet is approximately zero point five six four miles:

2979 ft ≅ 0.564 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately one point seven seven two times two thousand nine hundred seventy-nine feet.

Conversion table

feet to miles chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from feet to miles