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Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport Coordinates

1, PA · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport is located at 9.340850, -82.250801 (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

9.340850, -82.250801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°20'27.06"N 82°15'2.88"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°20.4510'N 82°15.0481'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17P 362640 1032779
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17PLL6264032779
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d1tt0k6y3
Plus Code

Open Location Code

66XV8PRX+8P

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

-9.340850, -82.250801

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-9.340850, -82.250801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°20'27.06"S 82°15'2.88"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°20.4510'S 82°15.0481'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17L 362640 8967221
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17LLK6264067221
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6nmdb7dc9
Plus Code

Open Location Code

662VMP5X+P8

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 17PLL6264032779 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 17 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 17 runs -84° to -78° longitude.
Latitude Band P One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square LL A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter L (south–north).
Easting 62640 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 32779 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 Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
d
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
d1
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
d1t
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
d1tt
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
d1tt0
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
d1tt0k
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
d1tt0k6
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
d1tt0k6y
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
d1tt0k6y3
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bocas_del_Toro_%22Isla_Colón%22_International_Airport

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DD

9.340850, -82.250801

DMS

9°20'27.06"N 82°15'2.88"W

DDM

9°20.4510'N 82°15.0481'W

UTM

17P 362640 1032779

MGRS

17PLL6264032779

GH

d1tt0k6y3

OLC

66XV8PRX+8P

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