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Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen Coordinates

56, NO · Elevation 86m

Quick answer: Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is located at 69.725800, 29.891300 (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

69.725800, 29.891300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

69°43'32.88"N 29°53'28.68"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

69°43.5480'N 29°53.4780'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35W 611777 7737942
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35WPT1177737942
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

usmk8jnnj
Plus Code

Open Location Code

9GXFPVGR+8C

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-69.725800, 29.891300

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-69.725800, 29.891300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

69°43'32.88"S 29°53'28.68"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

69°43.5480'S 29°53.4780'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35D 611777 2262058
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35DPC1177762058
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

het724y1v
Plus Code

Open Location Code

3G2F7VFR+PC

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35WPT1177737942 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 35 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 35 runs 24° to 30° longitude.
Latitude Band W One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square PT A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter T (south–north).
Easting 11777 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 37942 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 Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen'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
us
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
usm
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
usmk
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
usmk8
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
usmk8j
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
usmk8jn
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
usmk8jnn
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
usmk8jnnj
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkenes_Airport%2C_H%C3%B8ybuktmoen

Live Converter

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DD

69.725800, 29.891300

DMS

69°43'32.88"N 29°53'28.68"E

DDM

69°43.5480'N 29°53.4780'E

UTM

35W 611777 7737942

MGRS

35WPT1177737942

GH

usmk8jnnj

OLC

9GXFPVGR+8C