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Birmingham Airport Coordinates

ENG, GB · Elevation 100m

Quick answer: Birmingham Airport is located at 52.453899, -1.748030 (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

52.453899, -1.748030
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

52°27'14.04"N 1°44'52.91"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

52°27.2339'N 1°44.8818'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30U 585075 5812261
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30UWD8507512261
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

gcqf2hzn5
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9C4WF732+HJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-52.453899, -1.748030

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-52.453899, -1.748030
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

52°27'14.04"S 1°44'52.91"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

52°27.2339'S 1°44.8818'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30F 585075 4187739
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30FWG8507587739
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

5ywv85p1g
Plus Code

Open Location Code

3CVWG7W2+H6

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 30UWD8507512261 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 U One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square WD A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter W (west–east) and row letter D (south–north).
Easting 85075 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 12261 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 Birmingham Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
g
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
gc
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
gcq
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
gcqf
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
gcqf2
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
gcqf2h
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
gcqf2hz
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
gcqf2hzn
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
gcqf2hzn5
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Birmingham Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

52.453899, -1.748030

DMS

52°27'14.04"N 1°44'52.91"W

DDM

52°27.2339'N 1°44.8818'W

UTM

30U 585075 5812261

MGRS

30UWD8507512261

GH

gcqf2hzn5

OLC

9C4WF732+HJ