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 5173 feet into miles we have to multiply 5173 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

5173 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5173 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.97973484848485 mi

The final result is:

5173 ft → 0.97973484848485 mi

We conclude that 5173 feet is equivalent to 0.97973484848485 miles:

5173 feet = 0.97973484848485 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.0206843224435 × 5173 feet.

Another way is saying that 5173 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.0206843224435 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-three feet is approximately zero point nine eight miles:

5173 ft ≅ 0.98 mi

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