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Buka Airport Coordinates

NSB, PG · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Buka Airport is located at -5.422299, 154.672698 (S, E).

Different tools require different formats — Garmin devices default to DDM, military maps use MGRS, topo maps use UTM, and web apps expect Decimal Degrees. Copy whichever format your device or application needs. Click any format abbreviation to learn how it works.

All Coordinate Formats

DD

Decimal Degrees

-5.422299, 154.672698
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

5°25'20.28"S 154°40'21.71"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

5°25.3379'S 154°40.3619'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

56M 685328 9400399
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

56MPV8532800399
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rrjcpsvhz
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6R6PHMHF+2F

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Buka Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

5.422299, 154.672698

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

5.422299, 154.672698
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

5°25'20.28"N 154°40'21.71"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

5°25.3379'N 154°40.3619'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

56N 685328 599601
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

56NPL8532899601
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

x2vyzej5p
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6RQPCMCF+RF

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 56MPV8532800399 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 56 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 56 runs 150° to 156° longitude.
Latitude Band M One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square PV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 85328 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 00399 Distance north within the 100 km square. Same resolution as easting (10 m).

Geohash Precision

A geohash encodes coordinates by subdividing the Earth into progressively smaller cells. Each extra character roughly halves the cell area. The table below shows Buka Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
r
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
rr
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rrj
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rrjc
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rrjcp
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rrjcps
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rrjcpsv
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rrjcpsvh
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rrjcpsvhz
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

Precision 9 (highlighted) is the default and provides sub-5-metre accuracy for most applications.

About Buka Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buka_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

-5.422299, 154.672698

DMS

5°25'20.28"S 154°40'21.71"E

DDM

5°25.3379'S 154°40.3619'E

UTM

56M 685328 9400399

MGRS

56MPV8532800399

GH

rrjcpsvhz

OLC

6R6PHMHF+2F

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