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O.R. Tambo International Airport Coordinates

GT, ZA · Elevation 1,694m

Quick answer: O.R. Tambo International Airport is located at -26.140081, 28.246801 (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

-26.140081, 28.246801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

26°8'24.29"S 28°14'48.48"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

26°8.4049'S 28°14.8081'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35J 624635 7108205
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35JPM2463508205
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kek56c2dy
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G5CV65W+WX

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

26.140081, 28.246801

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

26.140081, 28.246801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

26°8'24.29"N 28°14'48.48"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

26°8.4049'N 28°14.8081'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

35R 624635 2891795
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

35RPJ2463591795
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

ssshdy8tn
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GRC46RW+45

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 35JPM2463508205 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 PM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 24635 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 08205 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 O.R. Tambo International 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
kek
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kek5
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kek56
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kek56c
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kek56c2
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kek56c2d
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kek56c2dy
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About O.R. Tambo International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._R._Tambo_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

-26.140081, 28.246801

DMS

26°8'24.29"S 28°14'48.48"E

DDM

26°8.4049'S 28°14.8081'E

UTM

35J 624635 7108205

MGRS

35JPM2463508205

GH

kek56c2dy

OLC

5G5CV65W+WX

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