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 5171 feet into miles we have to multiply 5171 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

5171 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5171 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.97935606060606 mi

The final result is:

5171 ft → 0.97935606060606 mi

We conclude that 5171 feet is equivalent to 0.97935606060606 miles:

5171 feet = 0.97935606060606 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.0210790949526 × 5171 feet.

Another way is saying that 5171 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0210790949526 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 seventy-one feet is approximately zero point nine seven nine miles:

5171 ft ≅ 0.979 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately one point zero two one times five thousand one hundred seventy-one 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