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Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport Coordinates

KAD, BF · Elevation 316m

Quick answer: Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport is located at 12.353200, -1.512420 (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

12.353200, -1.512420
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°21'11.52"N 1°30'44.71"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°21.1920'N 1°30.7452'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30P 661739 1366060
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30PXU6173966060
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

efnym8fdw
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7C4W9F3Q+66

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-12.353200, -1.512420

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-12.353200, -1.512420
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°21'11.52"S 1°30'44.71"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°21.1920'S 1°30.7452'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30L 661739 8633940
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30LXM6173933940
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7vyctx4tq
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5CVWJFWQ+JJ

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 30PXU6173966060 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 30 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 30 runs -6° to 0° longitude.
Latitude Band P One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square XU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter X (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 61739 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 66060 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 Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
e
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
ef
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
efn
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
efny
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
efnym
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
efnym8
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
efnym8f
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
efnym8fd
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
efnym8fdw
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

12.353200, -1.512420

DMS

12°21'11.52"N 1°30'44.71"W

DDM

12°21.1920'N 1°30.7452'W

UTM

30P 661739 1366060

MGRS

30PXU6173966060

GH

efnym8fdw

OLC

7C4W9F3Q+66

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