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Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport Coordinates

75, IT · Elevation 48m

Quick answer: Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport is located at 40.239201, 18.133301 (N, E).

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

40.239201, 18.133301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

40°14'21.12"N 18°7'59.88"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

40°14.3521'N 18°7.9981'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34T 256138 4458249
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34TBK5613858249
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

srhuutk62
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8FGW64QM+MF

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-40.239201, 18.133301

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-40.239201, 18.133301
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

40°14'21.12"S 18°7'59.88"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

40°14.3521'S 18°7.9981'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

34G 256138 5541751
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

34GBA5613841751
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

k2ughdsm8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4FFWQ46M+7F

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 34TBK5613858249 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 34 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 34 runs 18° to 24° 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 BK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter B (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 56138 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 58249 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 Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sr
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
srh
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
srhu
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
srhuu
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
srhuut
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
srhuutk
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
srhuutk6
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
srhuutk62
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Lecce Galatina Air Base / Galatina Fortunato Cesari Airport

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

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DD

40.239201, 18.133301

DMS

40°14'21.12"N 18°7'59.88"E

DDM

40°14.3521'N 18°7.9981'E

UTM

34T 256138 4458249

MGRS

34TBK5613858249

GH

srhuutk62

OLC

8FGW64QM+MF