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Benguela Airport Coordinates

BGU, AO · Elevation 36m

Quick answer: Benguela Airport is located at -12.609000, 13.403700 (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

-12.609000, 13.403700
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°36'32.40"S 13°24'13.32"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°36.5400'S 13°24.2220'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33L 326608 8605575
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33LUG2660805575
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kmc830872
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5FVM9CR3+F5

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

12.609000, 13.403700

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

12.609000, 13.403700
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

12°36'32.40"N 13°24'13.32"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

12°36.5400'N 13°24.2220'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33P 326608 1394425
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33PUP2660894425
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

s61x9p2k8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7F4MJC53+M5

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 33LUG2660805575 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 33 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 33 runs 12° to 18° longitude.
Latitude Band L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square UG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter U (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 26608 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 05575 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 Benguela 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
km
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kmc
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kmc8
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kmc83
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kmc830
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kmc8308
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kmc83087
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kmc830872
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Benguela Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-12.609000, 13.403700

DMS

12°36'32.40"S 13°24'13.32"E

DDM

12°36.5400'S 13°24.2220'E

UTM

33L 326608 8605575

MGRS

33LUG2660805575

GH

kmc830872

OLC

5FVM9CR3+F5

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