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Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field Coordinates

IA, US · Elevation 335m

Quick answer: Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field is located at 42.397605, -96.382237 (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

42.397605, -96.382237
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°23'51.38"N 96°22'56.05"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°23.8563'N 96°22.9342'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

14T 715449 4697243
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

14TQM1544997243
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

9ze3ny0xg
Plus Code

Open Location Code

86J59JX9+27

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-42.397605, -96.382237

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-42.397605, -96.382237
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

42°23'51.38"S 96°22'56.05"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

42°23.8563'S 96°22.9342'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

14G 715449 5302757
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

14GQU1544902757
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

3b7qycb85
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4695JJ29+RM

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 14TQM1544997243 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 T One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square QM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter Q (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 15449 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 97243 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 Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field'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
9z
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
9ze
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
9ze3
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
9ze3n
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
9ze3ny
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
9ze3ny0
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
9ze3ny0x
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
9ze3ny0xg
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Sioux Gateway Airport / Brigadier General Bud Day Field

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

Live Converter

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DD

42.397605, -96.382237

DMS

42°23'51.38"N 96°22'56.05"W

DDM

42°23.8563'N 96°22.9342'W

UTM

14T 715449 4697243

MGRS

14TQM1544997243

GH

9ze3ny0xg

OLC

86J59JX9+27

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