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 5120 feet into miles we have to multiply 5120 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

5120 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5120 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.96969696969697 mi

The final result is:

5120 ft → 0.96969696969697 mi

We conclude that 5120 feet is equivalent to 0.96969696969697 miles:

5120 feet = 0.96969696969697 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.03125 × 5120 feet.

Another way is saying that 5120 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.03125 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five thousand one hundred twenty feet is approximately zero point nine seven miles:

5120 ft ≅ 0.97 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately one point zero three one times five thousand one hundred twenty 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