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Horta Airport Coordinates

20, PT · Elevation 36m

Quick answer: Horta Airport is located at 38.519901, -28.715900 (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

38.519901, -28.715900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°31'11.64"N 28°42'57.24"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°31.1941'N 28°42.9540'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

26S 350413 4264897
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

26SLH5041364897
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

eqge4s3dx
Plus Code

Open Location Code

89CHG79M+WW

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-38.519901, -28.715900

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-38.519901, -28.715900
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°31'11.64"S 28°42'57.24"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°31.1941'S 28°42.9540'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

26H 350413 5735103
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

26HLC5041335103
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

735sfe9tr
Plus Code

Open Location Code

49HHF7JM+44

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 26SLH5041364897 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 26 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 26 runs -30° to -24° 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 LH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 50413 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 64897 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 Horta 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
eq
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
eqg
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
eqge
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
eqge4
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
eqge4s
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
eqge4s3
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
eqge4s3d
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
eqge4s3dx
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Horta Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

38.519901, -28.715900

DMS

38°31'11.64"N 28°42'57.24"W

DDM

38°31.1941'N 28°42.9540'W

UTM

26S 350413 4264897

MGRS

26SLH5041364897

GH

eqge4s3dx

OLC

89CHG79M+WW