Question: what is the difference between an american mile and a uk mile?
Answer: The statute mile has been defined as 5280 survey feet, not 5280 international feet. Thus, the US has two counterpart miles: ... Thus, the 1 US mi = 1 UK mi. However, that mile in the UK is referred to as the statute mile, which is not the same as a US statute mile (which is instead a survey mile).