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 5179 feet into miles we have to multiply 5179 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

5179 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5179 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.98087121212121 mi

The final result is:

5179 ft → 0.98087121212121 mi

We conclude that 5179 feet is equivalent to 0.98087121212121 miles:

5179 feet = 0.98087121212121 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.019501834331 × 5179 feet.

Another way is saying that 5179 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.019501834331 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-nine feet is approximately zero point nine eight one miles:

5179 ft ≅ 0.981 mi

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