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Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport Coordinates

CA, US · Elevation 775m

Quick answer: Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport is located at 34.629398, -118.084999 (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

34.629398, -118.084999
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°37'45.83"N 118°5'6.00"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°37.7639'N 118°5.0999'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11S 400546 3832481
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11SMU0054632481
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9qhj0bj4u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8563JWH8+JJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-34.629398, -118.084999

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-34.629398, -118.084999
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

34°37'45.83"S 118°5'6.00"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

34°37.7639'S 118°5.0999'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11H 400546 6167519
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11HMB0054667519
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

33u4bzvjh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45Q39WC8+66

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11SMU0054632481 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 MU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 00546 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 32481 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 Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 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
9qh
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9qhj
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9qhj0
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9qhj0b
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9qhj0bj
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9qhj0bj4
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9qhj0bj4u
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LA/Palmdale_Regional_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

34.629398, -118.084999

DMS

34°37'45.83"N 118°5'6.00"W

DDM

34°37.7639'N 118°5.0999'W

UTM

11S 400546 3832481

MGRS

11SMU0054632481

GH

9qhj0bj4u

OLC

8563JWH8+JJ

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