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Grande Prairie Airport Coordinates

AB, CA · Elevation 669m

Quick answer: Grande Prairie Airport is located at 55.179699, -118.885002 (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

55.179699, -118.885002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

55°10'46.92"N 118°53'6.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

55°10.7819'N 118°53.1001'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11U 379966 6116410
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11ULB7996616410
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

c3g3ytnt4
Plus Code

Open Location Code

957354H7+X9

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-55.179699, -118.885002

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-55.179699, -118.885002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

55°10'46.92"S 118°53'6.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

55°10.7819'S 118°53.1001'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11F 379966 3883590
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11FLU7996683590
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

1q5qndydf
Plus Code

Open Location Code

35P3R4C7+5Q

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11ULB7996616410 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 LB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 79966 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 16410 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 Grande Prairie 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
c3
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
c3g
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
c3g3
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
c3g3y
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
c3g3yt
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
c3g3ytn
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
c3g3ytnt
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
c3g3ytnt4
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Grande Prairie Airport

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

Live Converter

The coordinates above are fixed to this landmark. Use this converter to enter any other coordinates — such as a nearby trailhead, parking area, or a location you want to compare — and get all 7 formats instantly.

DD

55.179699, -118.885002

DMS

55°10'46.92"N 118°53'6.01"W

DDM

55°10.7819'N 118°53.1001'W

UTM

11U 379966 6116410

MGRS

11ULB7996616410

GH

c3g3ytnt4

OLC

957354H7+X9

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