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 8996 feet into miles we have to multiply 8996 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

8996 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8996 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.7037878787879 mi

The final result is:

8996 ft → 1.7037878787879 mi

We conclude that 8996 feet is equivalent to 1.7037878787879 miles:

8996 feet = 1.7037878787879 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.58692752334371 × 8996 feet.

Another way is saying that 8996 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58692752334371 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 ninety-six feet is approximately one point seven zero four miles:

8996 ft ≅ 1.704 mi

An alternative is also that one mile is approximately zero point five eight seven times eight thousand nine hundred ninety-six 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