Mile (mi)
The mile is a unit of length, used for road distances in the US and UK, aviation, and running events. Its symbol is mi.
mi
ft
1 mile equals
| Feet | 5,280 ft |
| Meters | 1,609.34 m |
| Kilometers | 1.60934 km |
| Inches | 63,360 in |
About the mile
The mile descends from the Roman "mille passus" (a thousand paces), each pace being two steps. It was standardized to exactly 1,609.344 meters by international agreement in 1959.
In everyday use the mile appears in road distances in the US and UK, aviation, and running events. As a point of reference: the distance from New York to Los Angeles is about 2,451 miles.