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 8997 feet into miles we have to multiply 8997 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

8997 ft → L_(mi)

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

L_(mi) = 8997 ft × 0.00018939393939394 mi

L_(mi) = 1.7039772727273 mi

The final result is:

8997 ft → 1.7039772727273 mi

We conclude that 8997 feet is equivalent to 1.7039772727273 miles:

8997 feet = 1.7039772727273 miles

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 mile is equal to 0.58686228742914 × 8997 feet.

Another way is saying that 8997 feet is equal to 1 ÷ 0.58686228742914 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-seven feet is approximately one point seven zero four miles:

8997 ft ≅ 1.704 mi

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