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Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base Coordinates

TX, US · Elevation 311m

Quick answer: Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base is located at 33.988800, -98.491898 (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

33.988800, -98.491898
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°59'19.68"N 98°29'30.83"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°59.3280'N 98°29.5139'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

14S 546929 3761030
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

14SNC4692961030
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9y1cqg2rh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8653XGQ5+CH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-33.988800, -98.491898

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-33.988800, -98.491898
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°59'19.68"S 98°29'30.83"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°59.3280'S 98°29.5139'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

14H 546929 6238970
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

14HNH4692938970
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

3ccywu82u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

46R32G65+CH

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 14SNC4692961030 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 14 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 14 runs -102° to -96° 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 NC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 46929 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 61030 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 Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base'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
9y
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9y1
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9y1c
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9y1cq
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9y1cqg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9y1cqg2
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9y1cqg2r
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9y1cqg2rh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Wichita Falls Municipal Airport / Sheppard Air Force Base

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

Live Converter

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DD

33.988800, -98.491898

DMS

33°59'19.68"N 98°29'30.83"W

DDM

33°59.3280'N 98°29.5139'W

UTM

14S 546929 3761030

MGRS

14SNC4692961030

GH

9y1cqg2rh

OLC

8653XGQ5+CH

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