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Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field Coordinates

AL, US · Elevation 92m

Quick answer: Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field is located at 31.275700, -85.713402 (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

31.275700, -85.713402
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

31°16'32.52"N 85°42'48.25"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

31°16.5420'N 85°42.8041'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16R 622476 3460871
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16RFV2247660871
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dje1ct96h
Plus Code

Open Location Code

863P77GP+88

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-31.275700, -85.713402

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-31.275700, -85.713402
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

31°16'32.52"S 85°42'48.25"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

31°16.5420'S 85°42.8041'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16J 622476 6539129
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16JFL2247639129
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

647n1d3mu
Plus Code

Open Location Code

46WPP7FP+PP

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 16RFV2247660871 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 16 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 16 runs -90° to -84° longitude.
Latitude Band R One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 22476 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 60871 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 Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air 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
dj
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
dje
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dje1
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dje1c
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dje1ct
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dje1ct9
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dje1ct96
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dje1ct96h
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Cairns AAF (Fort Rucker) Air Field

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

Live Converter

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DD

31.275700, -85.713402

DMS

31°16'32.52"N 85°42'48.25"W

DDM

31°16.5420'N 85°42.8041'W

UTM

16R 622476 3460871

MGRS

16RFV2247660871

GH

dje1ct96h

OLC

863P77GP+88

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