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Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport Coordinates

FS, ZA · Elevation 1,620m

Quick answer: Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport is located at -28.823099, 27.908899 (S, 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

-28.823099, 27.908899
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

28°49'23.16"S 27°54'32.04"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

28°49.3859'S 27°54.5340'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 588679 6811274
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JNJ8867911274
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kdgu50ftk
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G395WG5+PR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

28.823099, 27.908899

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

28.823099, 27.908899
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

28°49'23.16"N 27°54'32.04"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

28°49.3859'N 27°54.5340'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 588679 3188726
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RNM8867988726
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

st5ggp4ds
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GW9RWF5+82

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JNJ8867911274 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 J One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square NJ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter J (south–north).
Easting 88679 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 11274 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 Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
k
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
kd
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kdg
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kdgu
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kdgu5
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kdgu50
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kdgu50f
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kdgu50ft
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kdgu50ftk
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport

Ficksburg Sentraoes Airport (FAFB/FCB) is a medium airport in Ficksburg, ZA.

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DD

-28.823099, 27.908899

DMS

28°49'23.16"S 27°54'32.04"E

DDM

28°49.3859'S 27°54.5340'E

UTM

35J 588679 6811274

MGRS

35JNJ8867911274

GH

kdgu50ftk

OLC

5G395WG5+PR

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