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 5242 feet into miles we have to multiply 5242 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

5242 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 5242 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.99280303030303 mi

The final result is:

5242 ft → 0.99280303030303 mi

We conclude that 5242 feet is equivalent to 0.99280303030303 miles:

5242 feet = 0.99280303030303 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 1.007249141549 × 5242 feet.

Another way is saying that 5242 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 1.007249141549 miles.

Approximate result

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

5242 ft ≅ 0.993 mi

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