Miles to Feet
Type miles to get feet. A statute mile is exactly 5,280 ft, so 2 mi is 10,560 ft and the answer is never rounded.
Formula: ft = mi × 5,280
5,280
Feet in one mile
Multiply miles by 5,280 to get feet. The mile is 8 furlongs of 660 ft, and the international foot ties it to exactly 1,609.344 m.
Miles to feet table
| Miles (mi) | Feet (ft) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5,280 |
| 2 | 10,560 |
| 3 | 15,840 |
| 4 | 21,120 |
| 5 | 26,400 |
| 6 | 31,680 |
| 7 | 36,960 |
| 8 | 42,240 |
| 9 | 47,520 |
| 10 | 52,800 |
| Miles (mi) | Feet (ft) |
|---|---|
| 12 | 63,360 |
| 15 | 79,200 |
| 20 | 105,600 |
| 25 | 132,000 |
| 30 | 158,400 |
| 40 | 211,200 |
| 50 | 264,000 |
| 60 | 316,800 |
| 75 | 396,000 |
| 100 | 528,000 |
Fractions of a mile in feet
- 660 ftOne furlong, 1/8 mi
- 1,320 ftQuarter mile
- 2,640 ftHalf mile
- 3,960 ftThree quarters of a mile
Quarter-mile figures appear in drag racing and on older running tracks; modern tracks measure 400 m, which is 1,312 ft, a little short of a quarter mile. Horse racing still uses the furlong, an eighth of a mile, and many race lengths are given that way.
US runways are measured in feet, so a 10,000 ft runway is about 1.89 mi long.
Statute mile and nautical mile
The mile on road signs, the statute mile, is 5,280 ft. A nautical mile is 1,852 m, about 6,076 ft, and is used at sea and in the air with speeds in knots. Mixing the two up adds about 15 % to any distance.
Before 2023, US land surveys could use a survey mile based on the US survey foot, about 3.2 mm longer than the international mile. NIST has since retired that foot (NIST notice), so new work uses the 5,280 international feet shown here. To go metric, see the km to miles converter.
Mile markers on US highways count whole miles, so two neighboring markers are 5,280 ft apart; some states also post tenth-mile markers, each 528 ft apart.
Feet are also the unit for aircraft altitude, so a cruising height of 35,000 ft is about 6.6 mi above sea level.
Miles to feet questions
What is half a mile in feet?
Half of 5,280 is 2,640 ft.
How many feet is 3 miles?
3 × 5,280 = 15,840 ft.
Why is a mile 5,280 feet?
An English statute of 1593 fixed the mile at 8 furlongs, and a furlong was 660 ft. 8 × 660 gives 5,280.
How many yards are in a mile?
1,760 yd, since a yard is 3 ft.