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 5172 feet into miles we have to multiply 5172 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

5172 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5172 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.97954545454545 mi

The final result is:

5172 ft → 0.97954545454545 mi

We conclude that 5172 feet is equivalent to 0.97954545454545 miles:

5172 feet = 0.97954545454545 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.0208816705336 × 5172 feet.

Another way is saying that 5172 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0208816705336 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-two feet is approximately zero point nine eight miles:

5172 ft ≅ 0.98 mi

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