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Alert Airport Coordinates

NU, CA · Elevation 30m

Quick answer: Alert Airport is located at 82.517263, -62.283037 (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

82.517263, -62.283037
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

82°31'2.15"N 62°16'58.93"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

82°31.0358'N 62°16.9822'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

20X 510424 9162635
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

20XNS1042462635
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

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Plus Code

Open Location Code

C7JVGP88+XC

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-82.517263, -62.283037

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-82.517263, -62.283037
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

82°31'2.15"S 62°16'58.93"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

82°31.0358'S 62°16.9822'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

20Z 510424 837365
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

20ZNP1042437365
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

497dwdnyh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

279VFPM8+5C

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 20XNS1042462635 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 20 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 20 runs -66° to -60° longitude.
Latitude Band X One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square NS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 10424 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 62635 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 Alert Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
f
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
fw
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
fwe
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
fwet
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
fwetq
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
fwetqt
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
fwetqty
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
fwetqtyc
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
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≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Alert Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

82.517263, -62.283037

DMS

82°31'2.15"N 62°16'58.93"W

DDM

82°31.0358'N 62°16.9822'W

UTM

20X 510424 9162635

MGRS

20XNS1042462635

GH

fwetqtycu

OLC

C7JVGP88+XC