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El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) Coordinates

CA, US · Elevation -13m

Quick answer: El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field) is located at 32.829201, -115.671996 (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

32.829201, -115.671996
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°49'45.12"N 115°40'19.19"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°49.7521'N 115°40.3198'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11S 624300 3633133
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11SPS2430033133
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9mvdzb65z
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8546R8HH+JH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field). If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-32.829201, -115.671996

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-32.829201, -115.671996
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°49'45.12"S 115°40'19.19"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°49.7521'S 115°40.3198'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11H 624300 6366867
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11HPD2430066867
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

36jtpzdhp
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45V658CH+6H

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11SPS2430033133 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 PS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 24300 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 33133 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 El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)'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
9m
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9mv
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9mvd
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9mvdz
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9mvdzb
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9mvdzb6
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9mvdzb65
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9mvdzb65z
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About El Centro NAF Airport (Vraciu Field)

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

Live Converter

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DD

32.829201, -115.671996

DMS

32°49'45.12"N 115°40'19.19"W

DDM

32°49.7521'N 115°40.3198'W

UTM

11S 624300 3633133

MGRS

11SPS2430033133

GH

9mvdzb65z

OLC

8546R8HH+JH

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