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Caen Carpiquet airport Coordinates

NOR, FR · Elevation 78m

Quick answer: Caen Carpiquet airport is located at 49.176780, -0.454883 (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

49.176780, -0.454883
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

49°10'36.41"N 0°27'17.58"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

49°10.6068'N 0°27.2930'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30U 685488 5450226
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30UXV8548850226
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

gbxxv8kg8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8CXX5GGW+JC

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Caen Carpiquet airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-49.176780, -0.454883

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-49.176780, -0.454883
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

49°10'36.41"S 0°27'17.58"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

49°10.6068'S 0°27.2930'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

30F 685488 4549774
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

30FXL8548849774
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

5zr8jxsu2
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4C2XRGFW+6C

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 30UXV8548850226 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 U One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square XV A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter X (west–east) and row letter V (south–north).
Easting 85488 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 50226 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 Caen Carpiquet airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
g
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
gb
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
gbx
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
gbxx
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
gbxxv
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
gbxxv8
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
gbxxv8k
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
gbxxv8kg
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
gbxxv8kg8
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Caen Carpiquet airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caen_-_Carpiquet_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

49.176780, -0.454883

DMS

49°10'36.41"N 0°27'17.58"W

DDM

49°10.6068'N 0°27.2930'W

UTM

30U 685488 5450226

MGRS

30UXV8548850226

GH

gbxxv8kg8

OLC

8CXX5GGW+JC

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