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Chicago Rockford International Airport Coordinates

IL, US · Elevation 226m

Quick answer: Chicago Rockford International Airport is located at 42.195400, -89.097198 (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

42.195400, -89.097198
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°11'43.44"N 89°5'49.91"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°11.7240'N 89°5.8319'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16T 326844 4673601
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16TCM2684473601
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dp88h93qh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

86JG5WW3+2M

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-42.195400, -89.097198

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-42.195400, -89.097198
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°11'43.44"S 89°5'49.91"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°11.7240'S 89°5.8319'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16G 326844 5326399
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16GCU2684426399
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

602xuw93u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

469GRW33+R7

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 16TCM2684473601 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 T One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square CM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter C (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 26844 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 73601 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 Chicago Rockford 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
dp
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
dp8
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dp88
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dp88h
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dp88h9
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dp88h93
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dp88h93q
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dp88h93qh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Chicago Rockford International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago/Rockford_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

42.195400, -89.097198

DMS

42°11'43.44"N 89°5'49.91"W

DDM

42°11.7240'N 89°5.8319'W

UTM

16T 326844 4673601

MGRS

16TCM2684473601

GH

dp88h93qh

OLC

86JG5WW3+2M