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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Coordinates

MD, US · Elevation 45m

Quick answer: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport is located at 39.175400, -76.668297 (N, W).

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

39.175400, -76.668297
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°10'31.44"N 76°40'5.87"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°10.5240'N 76°40.0978'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18S 355892 4337567
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18SUJ5589237567
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dqcqz7ev5
Plus Code

Open Location Code

87F558GJ+4W

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-39.175400, -76.668297

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-39.175400, -76.668297
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°10'31.44"S 76°40'5.87"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°10.5240'S 76°40.0978'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18H 355892 5662433
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18HUB5589262433
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6313pk7fg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

47G5R8FJ+W4

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 18SUJ5589237567 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 18 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 18 runs -78° to -72° longitude.
Latitude Band S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square UJ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter U (west–east) and row letter J (south–north).
Easting 55892 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 37567 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 Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
d
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
dq
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
dqc
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dqcq
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dqcqz
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dqcqz7
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dqcqz7e
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dqcqz7ev
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dqcqz7ev5
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore/Washington_International_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

39.175400, -76.668297

DMS

39°10'31.44"N 76°40'5.87"W

DDM

39°10.5240'N 76°40.0978'W

UTM

18S 355892 4337567

MGRS

18SUJ5589237567

GH

dqcqz7ev5

OLC

87F558GJ+4W

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