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Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport Coordinates

KY, US · Elevation 153m

Quick answer: Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is located at 38.170600, -85.735076 (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

38.170600, -85.735076
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°10'14.16"N 85°44'6.27"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°10.2360'N 85°44.1046'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16S 610801 4225500
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16SFH1080125500
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dng11h9xg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

86CP57C7+95

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-38.170600, -85.735076

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-38.170600, -85.735076
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°10'14.16"S 85°44'6.27"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°10.2360'S 85°44.1046'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16H 610801 5774500
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16HFC1080174500
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

615nc5385
Plus Code

Open Location Code

46HPR7H7+QQ

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 16SFH1080125500 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 S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 10801 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 25500 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 Louisville Muhammad Ali 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
dng
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
dng1
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
dng11
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
dng11h
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
dng11h9
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
dng11h9x
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
dng11h9xg
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

38.170600, -85.735076

DMS

38°10'14.16"N 85°44'6.27"W

DDM

38°10.2360'N 85°44.1046'W

UTM

16S 610801 4225500

MGRS

16SFH1080125500

GH

dng11h9xg

OLC

86CP57C7+95