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Lajes Airport Coordinates

20, PT · Elevation 55m

Quick answer: Lajes Airport is located at 38.761799, -27.090799 (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

38.761799, -27.090799
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°45'42.48"N 27°5'26.88"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°45.7079'N 27°5.4479'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

26S 492111 4290348
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

26SMH9211190348
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

equsx835f
Plus Code

Open Location Code

89CJQW65+PG

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-38.761799, -27.090799

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-38.761799, -27.090799
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°45'42.48"S 27°5'26.88"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°45.7079'S 27°5.4479'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

26H 492111 5709652
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

26HMC9211109652
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

73herx9h4
Plus Code

Open Location Code

49HJ6WQ5+8G

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 26SMH9211190348 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 MH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 92111 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 90348 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 Lajes 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
equ
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
equs
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
equsx
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
equsx8
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
equsx83
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
equsx835
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
equsx835f
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Lajes Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

38.761799, -27.090799

DMS

38°45'42.48"N 27°5'26.88"W

DDM

38°45.7079'N 27°5.4479'W

UTM

26S 492111 4290348

MGRS

26SMH9211190348

GH

equsx835f

OLC

89CJQW65+PG

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