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 871 feet into miles we have to multiply 871 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

871 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 871 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 0.16496212121212 mi

The final result is:

871 ft → 0.16496212121212 mi

We conclude that 871 feet is equivalent to 0.16496212121212 miles:

871 feet = 0.16496212121212 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 6.0619977037887 × 871 feet.

Another way is saying that 871 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 6.0619977037887 miles.

Approximate result

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

871 ft ≅ 0.165 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately six point zero six two times eight hundred seventy-one 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