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San Francisco International Airport Coordinates

CA, US · Elevation 4m

Quick answer: San Francisco International Airport is located at 37.619806, -122.374821 (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

37.619806, -122.374821
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°37'11.30"N 122°22'29.36"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°37.1884'N 122°22.4893'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

10S 555171 4163817
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

10SEG5517163817
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9q8yp23r7
Plus Code

Open Location Code

849VJJ9G+RM

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-37.619806, -122.374821

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-37.619806, -122.374821
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°37'11.30"S 122°22'29.36"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°37.1884'S 122°22.4893'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

10H 555171 5836183
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

10HED5517136183
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

332czr92e
Plus Code

Open Location Code

44JV9JJG+27

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 10SEG5517163817 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 10 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 10 runs -126° to -120° 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 EG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 55171 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 63817 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 Francisco 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
9q
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9q8
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9q8y
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9q8yp
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9q8yp2
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9q8yp23
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9q8yp23r
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9q8yp23r7
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About San Francisco International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

37.619806, -122.374821

DMS

37°37'11.30"N 122°22'29.36"W

DDM

37°37.1884'N 122°22.4893'W

UTM

10S 555171 4163817

MGRS

10SEG5517163817

GH

9q8yp23r7

OLC

849VJJ9G+RM