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Tiree Airport Coordinates

SCT, GB · Elevation 12m

Quick answer: Tiree Airport is located at 56.499199, -6.869170 (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

56.499199, -6.869170
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

56°29'57.12"N 6°52'9.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

56°29.9519'N 6°52.1502'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

29V 631165 6263676
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

29VPC3116563676
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

gf517tq58
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9C8MF4XJ+M7

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-56.499199, -6.869170

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-56.499199, -6.869170
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

56°29'57.12"S 6°52'9.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

56°29.9519'S 6°52.1502'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

29E 631165 3736324
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

29EPT3116536324
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

5vgnedwh2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

3CMMG42J+7M

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 29VPC3116563676 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 29 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 29 runs -12° to -6° longitude.
Latitude Band V One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square PC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 31165 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 63676 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 Tiree 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
gf
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
gf5
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
gf51
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
gf517
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
gf517t
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
gf517tq
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
gf517tq5
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
gf517tq58
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Tiree Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

56.499199, -6.869170

DMS

56°29'57.12"N 6°52'9.01"W

DDM

56°29.9519'N 6°52.1502'W

UTM

29V 631165 6263676

MGRS

29VPC3116563676

GH

gf517tq58

OLC

9C8MF4XJ+M7