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Newcastle Airport Coordinates

NL, ZA · Elevation 1,242m

Quick answer: Newcastle Airport is located at -27.770599, 29.976900 (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

-27.770599, 29.976900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

27°46'14.16"S 29°58'36.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

27°46.2360'S 29°58.6140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 793389 6924656
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JQK9338924656
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kej640s88
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G4F6XHG+QR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

27.770599, 29.976900

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

27.770599, 29.976900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

27°46'14.16"N 29°58'36.84"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

27°46.2360'N 29°58.6140'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 793389 3075344
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RQL9338975344
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

ssvmfpkx2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GVFQXCG+92

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JQK9338924656 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 QK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter Q (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 93389 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 24656 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 Newcastle 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
ke
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kej
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kej6
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kej64
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kej640
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kej640s
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kej640s8
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kej640s88
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Newcastle Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Airport_(South_Africa)

Live Converter

The coordinates above are fixed to this landmark. Use this converter to enter any other coordinates — such as a nearby trailhead, parking area, or a location you want to compare — and get all 7 formats instantly.

DD

-27.770599, 29.976900

DMS

27°46'14.16"S 29°58'36.84"E

DDM

27°46.2360'S 29°58.6140'E

UTM

35J 793389 6924656

MGRS

35JQK9338924656

GH

kej640s88

OLC

5G4F6XHG+QR

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