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Wilmington Airport Coordinates

DE, US · Elevation 24m

Quick answer: Wilmington Airport is located at 39.678699, -75.606499 (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

39.678699, -75.606499
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°40'43.32"N 75°36'23.40"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°40.7219'N 75°36.3899'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18S 447987 4392273
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18SVJ4798792273
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dr41xx310
Plus Code

Open Location Code

87F6M9HV+F8

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-39.678699, -75.606499

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-39.678699, -75.606499
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°40'43.32"S 75°36'23.40"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°40.7219'S 75°36.3899'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18H 447987 5607727
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18HVB4798707727
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

62fnr89nb
Plus Code

Open Location Code

47G689CV+FP

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 18SVJ4798792273 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 VJ A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter J (south–north).
Easting 47987 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 92273 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 Wilmington 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
dr
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
dr4
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dr41
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dr41x
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dr41xx
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dr41xx3
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dr41xx31
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dr41xx310
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Wilmington Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

39.678699, -75.606499

DMS

39°40'43.32"N 75°36'23.40"W

DDM

39°40.7219'N 75°36.3899'W

UTM

18S 447987 4392273

MGRS

18SVJ4798792273

GH

dr41xx310

OLC

87F6M9HV+F8