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Desert Rock Airport Coordinates

NV, US · Elevation 1,010m

Quick answer: Desert Rock Airport is located at 36.619400, -116.032997 (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

36.619400, -116.032997
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

36°37'9.84"N 116°1'58.79"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

36°37.1640'N 116°1.9798'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11S 586468 4053088
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11SNA8646853088
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9qt2rd777
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8585JX98+QJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-36.619400, -116.032997

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-36.619400, -116.032997
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

36°37'9.84"S 116°1'58.79"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

36°37.1640'S 116°1.9798'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11H 586468 5946912
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11HNV8646846912
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

33mrxteke
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45M59XJ8+92

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11SNA8646853088 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 11 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 11 runs -120° to -114° 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 NA A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter A (south–north).
Easting 86468 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 53088 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 Desert Rock Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
9
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
9q
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9qt
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9qt2
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9qt2r
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9qt2rd
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9qt2rd7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9qt2rd77
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9qt2rd777
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Desert Rock Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

36.619400, -116.032997

DMS

36°37'9.84"N 116°1'58.79"W

DDM

36°37.1640'N 116°1.9798'W

UTM

11S 586468 4053088

MGRS

11SNA8646853088

GH

9qt2rd777

OLC

8585JX98+QJ