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Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field Coordinates

VA, US · Elevation 286m

Quick answer: Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field is located at 37.326698, -79.200401 (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

37.326698, -79.200401
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°19'36.11"N 79°12'1.44"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°19.6019'N 79°12.0241'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17S 659441 4132634
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17SPB5944132634
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dnxsmg05b
Plus Code

Open Location Code

87928QGX+Q7

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-37.326698, -79.200401

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-37.326698, -79.200401
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°19'36.11"S 79°12'1.44"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°19.6019'S 79°12.0241'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17H 659441 5867366
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17HPU5944167366
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

61retubh0
Plus Code

Open Location Code

47J2MQFX+9M

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 17SPB5944132634 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 17 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 17 runs -84° to -78° 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 PB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 59441 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 32634 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 Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field'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
dn
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
dnx
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dnxs
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dnxsm
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dnxsmg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dnxsmg0
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dnxsmg05
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dnxsmg05b
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn Field

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

Live Converter

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DD

37.326698, -79.200401

DMS

37°19'36.11"N 79°12'1.44"W

DDM

37°19.6019'N 79°12.0241'W

UTM

17S 659441 4132634

MGRS

17SPB5944132634

GH

dnxsmg05b

OLC

87928QGX+Q7