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Upington Airport Coordinates

NC, ZA · Elevation 848m

Quick answer: Upington Airport is located at -28.400246, 21.263592 (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

-28.400246, 21.263592
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

28°24'0.89"S 21°15'48.93"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

28°24.0148'S 21°15.8155'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34J 525821 6858431
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34JEP2582158431
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k6zn7vgst
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5G33H7X7+VG

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

28.400246, 21.263592

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

28.400246, 21.263592
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

28°24'0.89"N 21°15'48.93"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

28°24.0148'N 21°15.8155'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34R 525821 3141569
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34RES2582141569
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

smp1ef5em
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7GW3C727+3G

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 34JEP2582158431 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 34 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 34 runs 18° to 24° 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 EP A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter P (south–north).
Easting 25821 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 58431 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 Upington 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
k6
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
k6z
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
k6zn
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
k6zn7
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
k6zn7v
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
k6zn7vg
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
k6zn7vgs
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
k6zn7vgst
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Upington Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-28.400246, 21.263592

DMS

28°24'0.89"S 21°15'48.93"E

DDM

28°24.0148'S 21°15.8155'E

UTM

34J 525821 6858431

MGRS

34JEP2582158431

GH

k6zn7vgst

OLC

5G33H7X7+VG