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Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport Coordinates

BC, CA · Elevation 495m

Quick answer: Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport is located at 49.296398, -117.632004 (N, W).

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

49.296398, -117.632004
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

49°17'47.03"N 117°37'55.21"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

49°17.7839'N 117°37.9202'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11U 454049 5460598
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11UMQ5404960598
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

c2u27nnur
Plus Code

Open Location Code

85X479W9+CQ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-49.296398, -117.632004

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-49.296398, -117.632004
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

49°17'47.03"S 117°37'55.21"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

49°17.7839'S 117°37.9202'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11F 454049 4539402
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11FMF5404939402
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

1rhre1ygx
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4524P939+C9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11UMQ5404960598 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 11 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 11 runs -120° to -114° longitude.
Latitude Band U One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square MQ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter Q (south–north).
Easting 54049 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 60598 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 Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
c
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
c2
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
c2u
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
c2u2
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
c2u27
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
c2u27n
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
c2u27nn
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
c2u27nnu
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
c2u27nnur
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Castlegar/West Kootenay Regional Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

49.296398, -117.632004

DMS

49°17'47.03"N 117°37'55.21"W

DDM

49°17.7839'N 117°37.9202'W

UTM

11U 454049 5460598

MGRS

11UMQ5404960598

GH

c2u27nnur

OLC

85X479W9+CQ

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