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 8970 feet into miles we have to multiply 8970 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

8970 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8970 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.6988636363636 mi

The final result is:

8970 ft → 1.6988636363636 mi

We conclude that 8970 feet is equivalent to 1.6988636363636 miles:

8970 feet = 1.6988636363636 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.58862876254181 × 8970 feet.

Another way is saying that 8970 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58862876254181 miles.

Approximate result

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

8970 ft ≅ 1.699 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately zero point five eight nine times eight thousand nine hundred seventy 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