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Ostend-Bruges International Airport Coordinates

VWV, BE · Elevation 4m

Quick answer: Ostend-Bruges International Airport is located at 51.199800, 2.874673 (N, 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

51.199800, 2.874673
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

51°11'59.28"N 2°52'28.82"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

51°11.9880'N 2°52.4804'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

31U 491244 5672051
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

31UDS9124472051
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

u14532tk2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9F345VXF+XM

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-51.199800, 2.874673

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-51.199800, 2.874673
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

51°11'59.28"S 2°52'28.82"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

51°11.9880'S 2°52.4804'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

31F 491244 4327949
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

31FDD9124427949
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

hnfh9rm78
Plus Code

Open Location Code

3FW4RV2F+57

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 31UDS9124472051 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 31 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 31 runs 0° to 6° 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 DS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter D (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 91244 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 72051 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 Ostend-Bruges International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
u
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
u1
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
u14
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
u145
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
u1453
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
u14532
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
u14532t
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
u14532tk
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
u14532tk2
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ostend-Bruges International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostend-Bruges_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

51.199800, 2.874673

DMS

51°11'59.28"N 2°52'28.82"E

DDM

51°11.9880'N 2°52.4804'E

UTM

31U 491244 5672051

MGRS

31UDS9124472051

GH

u14532tk2

OLC

9F345VXF+XM

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