Foot to Mile Converter

Foot

The foot (symbol: ft or ′) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement.

Definition of a foot: one foot is defined as 0.3048 meters exactly. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches and one yard comprises three feet.

The plural of foot is feet. The foot is often used to measure and express height of a person. In the aviation, the flying altitude is also expressed in feet (e.g. 'we are flying at a height of 30,000 feet').

The length of the international foot corresponds to a human foot with shoe size of 13 (UK), 14 (US male), 15.5 (US female) or 48 (EU sizing).

Mile

The mile (symbol: mi) is a British imperial unit and United States customary unit of distance; both are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 English feet, or 1,760 yards. The U.S. survey mile is 5,280 U.S. survey feet, or 1,609.347 meters.

Definition of a mile: One mile is equal to exactly 1,609.344 meters.

In English language, a country mile is used colloquially to denote a very long distance. There are several idioms referring to mile, such as; to go the extra mile (to put in extra effort), miles away (lost in thought, or daydreaming) and milestone (an event indicating significant progress).

Feet To Miles Table