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San Diego International Airport Coordinates

CA, US · Elevation 5m

Quick answer: San Diego International Airport is located at 32.733601, -117.190002 (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

32.733601, -117.190002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°44'0.96"N 117°11'24.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°44.0161'N 117°11.4001'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11S 482198 3621771
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11SMS8219821771
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9mudjqbz5
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8544PRM5+H9

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-32.733601, -117.190002

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-32.733601, -117.190002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

32°44'0.96"S 117°11'24.01"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

32°44.0161'S 117°11.4001'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

11H 482198 6378229
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

11HMD8219878229
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

36htv30bg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45V47R85+HQ

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 11SMS8219821771 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 MS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 82198 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 21771 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 San Diego International 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
9m
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9mu
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9mud
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9mudj
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9mudjq
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9mudjqb
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9mudjqbz
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9mudjqbz5
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About San Diego International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

32.733601, -117.190002

DMS

32°44'0.96"N 117°11'24.01"W

DDM

32°44.0161'N 117°11.4001'W

UTM

11S 482198 3621771

MGRS

11SMS8219821771

GH

9mudjqbz5

OLC

8544PRM5+H9