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Raleigh-Durham International Airport Coordinates

NC, US · Elevation 133m

Quick answer: Raleigh-Durham International Airport is located at 35.878659, -78.787300 (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

35.878659, -78.787300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

35°52'43.17"N 78°47'14.28"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

35°52.7195'N 78°47.2380'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17S 699746 3972751
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17SPV9974672751
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dnrup5sb6
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8773V6H7+C7

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Raleigh-Durham International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-35.878659, -78.787300

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-35.878659, -78.787300
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

35°52'43.17"S 78°47'14.28"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

35°52.7195'S 78°47.2380'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17H 699746 6027249
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17HPA9974627249
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

61xgzhkzd
Plus Code

Open Location Code

47P346C7+CM

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 17SPV9974672751 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 PV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 99746 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 72751 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 Raleigh-Durham International Airport'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
dnr
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dnru
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dnrup
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dnrup5
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dnrup5s
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dnrup5sb
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dnrup5sb6
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Raleigh-Durham International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh-Durham_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

35.878659, -78.787300

DMS

35°52'43.17"N 78°47'14.28"W

DDM

35°52.7195'N 78°47.2380'W

UTM

17S 699746 3972751

MGRS

17SPV9974672751

GH

dnrup5sb6

OLC

8773V6H7+C7

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