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Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Coordinates

VC, ES · Elevation 43m

Quick answer: Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport is located at 38.282200, -0.558156 (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

38.282200, -0.558156
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°16'55.92"N 0°33'29.36"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°16.9320'N 0°33.4894'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30S 713578 4239947
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30SYH1357839947
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

eyz9g319f
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8CCX7CJR+W9

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-38.282200, -0.558156

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-38.282200, -0.558156
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°16'55.92"S 0°33'29.36"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°16.9320'S 0°33.4894'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30H 713578 5760053
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30HYC1357860053
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7cpw5qcw4
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4CHXPC9R+4H

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 30SYH1357839947 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 30 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 30 runs -6° to 0° 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 YH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter Y (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 13578 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 39947 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 Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
e
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
ey
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
eyz
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
eyz9
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
eyz9g
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
eyz9g3
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
eyz9g31
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
eyz9g319
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
eyz9g319f
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicante–Elche_Miguel_Hernández_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

38.282200, -0.558156

DMS

38°16'55.92"N 0°33'29.36"W

DDM

38°16.9320'N 0°33.4894'W

UTM

30S 713578 4239947

MGRS

30SYH1357839947

GH

eyz9g319f

OLC

8CCX7CJR+W9

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