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Pietermaritzburg Airport Coordinates

NL, ZA · Elevation 739m

Quick answer: Pietermaritzburg Airport is located at -29.649000, 30.398701 (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

-29.649000, 30.398701
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°38'56.40"S 30°23'55.32"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°38.9400'S 30°23.9220'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36J 248188 6717278
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36JTN4818817278
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kdtx7dxdj
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G2G992X+7X

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

29.649000, 30.398701

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

29.649000, 30.398701
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°38'56.40"N 30°23'55.32"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°38.9400'N 30°23.9220'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36R 248188 3282722
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36RTT4818882722
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

stm8etrtv
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GXGJ9XX+M5

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 36JTN4818817278 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 36 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 36 runs 30° to 36° 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 TN A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter T (west–east) and row letter N (south–north).
Easting 48188 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 17278 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 Pietermaritzburg 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
kdt
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kdtx
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kdtx7
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kdtx7d
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kdtx7dx
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kdtx7dxd
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kdtx7dxdj
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Pietermaritzburg Airport

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

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

-29.649000, 30.398701

DMS

29°38'56.40"S 30°23'55.32"E

DDM

29°38.9400'S 30°23.9220'E

UTM

36J 248188 6717278

MGRS

36JTN4818817278

GH

kdtx7dxdj

OLC

5G2G992X+7X

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