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China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport Coordinates

CA, US · Elevation 696m

Quick answer: China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport is located at 35.685398, -117.692001 (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

35.685398, -117.692001
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

35°41'7.43"N 117°41'31.20"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

35°41.1239'N 117°41.5201'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11S 437384 3949276
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11SMV3738449276
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9qk71b769
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8574M8P5+2Q

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-35.685398, -117.692001

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-35.685398, -117.692001
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

35°41'7.43"S 117°41'31.20"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

35°41.1239'S 117°41.5201'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11H 437384 6050724
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11HMA3738450724
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

33skczem3
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45P48875+R9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11SMV3738449276 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 MV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 37384 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 49276 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 China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) 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
9qk
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9qk7
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9qk71
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9qk71b
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9qk71b7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9qk71b76
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9qk71b769
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About China Lake Naws (Armitage Field) Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

35.685398, -117.692001

DMS

35°41'7.43"N 117°41'31.20"W

DDM

35°41.1239'N 117°41.5201'W

UTM

11S 437384 3949276

MGRS

11SMV3738449276

GH

9qk71b769

OLC

8574M8P5+2Q