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 8979 feet into miles we have to multiply 8979 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

8979 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8979 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.7005681818182 mi

The final result is:

8979 ft → 1.7005681818182 mi

We conclude that 8979 feet is equivalent to 1.7005681818182 miles:

8979 feet = 1.7005681818182 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.5880387570999 × 8979 feet.

Another way is saying that 8979 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.5880387570999 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-nine feet is approximately one point seven zero one miles:

8979 ft ≅ 1.701 mi

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