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Kigali International Airport Coordinates

01, RW · Elevation 1,481m

Quick answer: Kigali International Airport is located at -1.968630, 30.139500 (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

-1.968630, 30.139500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°58'7.07"S 30°8'22.20"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°58.1178'S 30°8.3700'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36M 181752 9782133
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36MSC8175282133
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kxtkvcdgv
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GCG24JQ+HJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

1.968630, 30.139500

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

1.968630, 30.139500
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

1°58'7.07"N 30°8'22.20"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

1°58.1178'N 30°8.3700'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

36N 181752 217867
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

36NSH8175217867
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

s8m7jy6uj
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6GHGX49Q+H6

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 36MSC8175282133 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 M One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square SC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter S (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 81752 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 82133 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 Kigali 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
kx
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
kxt
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
kxtk
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
kxtkv
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
kxtkvc
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
kxtkvcd
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
kxtkvcdg
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
kxtkvcdgv
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kigali International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-1.968630, 30.139500

DMS

1°58'7.07"S 30°8'22.20"E

DDM

1°58.1178'S 30°8.3700'E

UTM

36M 181752 9782133

MGRS

36MSC8175282133

GH

kxtkvcdgv

OLC

6GCG24JQ+HJ

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