Home / Landmarks / Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase

Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase Coordinates

SR, LY · Elevation 81m

Quick answer: Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase is located at 31.058578, 16.597095 (N, 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

31.058578, 16.597095
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

31°3'30.88"N 16°35'49.54"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

31°3.5147'N 16°35.8257'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33R 652384 3437190
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33RXQ5238437190
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

smeb9wj9k
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8F3R3H5W+H3

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-31.058578, 16.597095

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-31.058578, 16.597095
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

31°3'30.88"S 16°35'49.54"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

31°3.5147'S 16°35.8257'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

33J 652384 6562810
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

33JXF5238462810
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k67z39vws
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4FWRWHRW+HV

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 33RXQ5238437190 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 R One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square XQ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter X (west–east) and row letter Q (south–north).
Easting 52384 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 37190 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 Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sm
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
sme
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
smeb
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
smeb9
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
smeb9w
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
smeb9wj
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
smeb9wj9
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
smeb9wj9k
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya Airbase

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

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

31.058578, 16.597095

DMS

31°3'30.88"N 16°35'49.54"E

DDM

31°3.5147'N 16°35.8257'E

UTM

33R 652384 3437190

MGRS

33RXQ5238437190

GH

smeb9wj9k

OLC

8F3R3H5W+H3

Related Landmarks

Matan al-Sarra Air Base

LY

21.6877, 21.8309

Bombah Airport

LY

32.4529, 23.1186

Okba Ibn Nafa Air Base

LY

32.4734, 11.8979

Ghat Airport

LY

25.1456, 10.1426

Kufra Airport

LY

24.1787, 23.3140

Benina International Airport

LY

32.0968, 20.2695