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 87 feet into miles we have to multiply 87 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

87 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 87 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.016477272727273 mi

The final result is:

87 ft → 0.016477272727273 mi

We conclude that 87 feet is equivalent to 0.016477272727273 miles:

87 feet = 0.016477272727273 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 60.689655172414 × 87 feet.

Another way is saying that 87 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 60.689655172414 miles.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that eighty-seven feet is approximately zero point zero one six miles:

87 ft ≅ 0.016 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately sixty point six nine times eighty-seven 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