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Salt Lake City International Airport Coordinates

UT, US · Elevation 1,288m

Quick answer: Salt Lake City International Airport is located at 40.788860, -111.979866 (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

40.788860, -111.979866
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

40°47'19.90"N 111°58'47.52"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

40°47.3316'N 111°58.7920'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

12T 417329 4515781
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

12TVL1732915781
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9x225c6u2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

85GCQ2QC+CJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-40.788860, -111.979866

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-40.788860, -111.979866
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

40°47'19.90"S 111°58'47.52"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

40°47.3316'S 111°58.7920'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

12G 417329 5484219
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

12GVV1732984219
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

388rgydg8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

45FC626C+C6

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 12TVL1732915781 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 12 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 12 runs -114° to -108° 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 VL A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter L (south–north).
Easting 17329 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 15781 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 Salt Lake City 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
9x
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9x2
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9x22
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9x225
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9x225c
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9x225c6
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9x225c6u
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9x225c6u2
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Salt Lake City International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

40.788860, -111.979866

DMS

40°47'19.90"N 111°58'47.52"W

DDM

40°47.3316'N 111°58.7920'W

UTM

12T 417329 4515781

MGRS

12TVL1732915781

GH

9x225c6u2

OLC

85GCQ2QC+CJ