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Interactive nautical miles to feet conversion tool

The nmi to feet converter below can be used to quickly and easily convert nautical miles to feet. Simply enter the number of nautical miles you want to convert and the calculator will output the corresponding value in feet.

What is the conversion factor between nautical miles and feet?

A conversion factor is used to change the units of a measured quantity without changing its value. It represents the ratio (or fraction) that expresses the relationship between two different units. A conversion factor is always equal to 1.

The relationship between nautical miles and feet is 18520.3048, such as:

Following the formula above, we can see that there are 18520.3048 feet for every nautical mile, and for every foot, there are 0.30481852 nautical miles (0.000164579 nmi).

To convert from nautical miles to feet, we turn our formula into a conversion factor that is equal to 1.

Both these fractions are equal to 1. The numerator and the denominator are equivalent, they are just expressed in different units.

Because we are converting from nautical mile to foot, we will use the first fraction: 1852 ft0.3048 nmi so that nautical miles are canceled out. We then multiply the value in nautical miles by this fraction to get the result in feet (see example).

Note that nmi is in the denominator (bottom) of the conversion factor. This is important, you always want to have the unit you are converting from at the bottom and the unit you are converting to in the numerator (top).

You will find below how to use this ratio to convert from nmi to ft. Just remember for now that the conversion factor for converting from nautical miles to feet is:

Which is bigger, a nautical mile or a foot?

When it comes to measurements, there can be some confusion over which is bigger, a nautical mile or an foot. To find out which one is larger, we must first convert one unit to the other and then compare them.

• 1 nmi = 18520.3048 ft = 6076.115486 ft
• 6076.12 feet is bigger than 1 foot.
• 1 nautical mile is, therefore, bigger than 1 foot.
• To be more specific, a foot is 6076.12 times smaller than a nautical mile.

nautical miles to feet conversion table

How to convert nautical miles to feet?

Multiplying any value by 1 will get you the same value back. You can do that one time or multiple times.

For example:

• 86 x 1 = 86
• 865 x 1 x 1 x 1 = 865

Multiplying by 1 is the first step in any unit conversion problem. The second step is to replace the number 1 with the conversion factor that is also equal to 1.

For example, if we want to convert 0.003048 nautical miles into feet we multiply 0.003048 nmi by the conversion factor of 1852 ft0.3048 nmi

By replacing the number 1 with the conversion factor, nautical miles are canceled out and we get the result in feet. And since the conversion factor is equal to 1, multiplying it with the original value won't change its magnitude and will only change its unit.

Based on this, we can conclude that 0.003048 nautical miles are equal to 18.52 feet.

Remember:

• When converting from nautical miles to feet, we use 1852 ft0.3048 nmi as a conversion factor.

Practice: nautical miles to feet conversion

Try answering the following questions without using our custom conversion calculator. Knowing how to convert manually between nautical miles and feet could prove to be useful, so give it a shot. Once you are confident you can convert nautical miles to feet, there is no harm then in taking full advantage of the tools available to you.

How to convert 88 nautical miles to feet?

We multiply 88 by the factor of 1

We replace the number 1 with the conversion factor for nautical miles to feet

We multiply 88 nautical miles by the conversion factor. Having nautical miles in the denominator allows us to cancel out the undesired units (nmi) leaving only feet in the final result.

Answer: There are 534698 feet in 88 nautical miles

How many feet are in 520 nautical miles?

Multiply 520 by the conversion factor. Make sure the unwanted unit (nmi) is in the denominator.

This allows us to cancel out the nautical miles (nmi) and leave the feet (ft)

Answer: There are 3.15958e+6 feet in 520 nautical miles

feet to nautical miles conversion

• 1 ft = 0.30481852 nmi = 0.0001645788337 nmi
• To convert from feet to nautical miles use our feet to nmi converter

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