How many Feet are there in a Mil?

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How many Feet are there in a Mil?

What is 1mil in ft? Convert 1 Mil (1mil) to Feet (ft) and show formula, brief history on the units and quick maths for the conversion.

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Quick Reference for Converting Mils to Feet

Formula
ft = mil / 12000
Quick Rough Maths
To get the Feet, divide the number of Mils by 12 thousand
Mils (mil) in 1 Foot
There are 12000 Mils in 1 Foot
Feet (ft) in 1 Mil
There are 0 Feet in 1 Mil

Unit Information

Mil
/mɪl/
Symbol: mil
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Mil?

The mil is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol mil (or sometimes thou).

A mil in one one-thousandth of an inch (0.001 inches) or 25.4 μm.

The mil is still used in the US to measure thickness of various materials.

Foot
/fʊt/
Symbol: ft
Unit System: Imperial

What is the Foot?

The foot is a unit of length in the imperial unit system and uses the symbol ft.

One foot is exactly equal to 12 inches. It is also exactly equal to 0.3048m. One yard is comprised of three feet.

The foot is just behind the metre in terms of widespread use due to its previous popularity. The US is the only developed country that still uses the foot in preference to the metre.

The UK still uses feet to express human height more than metres.


Conversion Tables for Mils (mil) to Feet (ft)