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Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport Coordinates

8, PA · Elevation 9m

Quick answer: Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport is located at 8.973340, -79.555603 (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

8.973340, -79.555603
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°58'24.02"N 79°33'20.17"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°58.4004'N 79°33.3362'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17P 658787 992217
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17PPK5878792217
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d1x7j9t3k
Plus Code

Open Location Code

67W2XCFV+9J

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-8.973340, -79.555603

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-8.973340, -79.555603
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°58'24.02"S 79°33'20.17"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°58.4004'S 79°33.3362'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

17L 658787 9007783
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

17LPL5878707783
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6nrkvwmqs
Plus Code

Open Location Code

67322CGV+Q6

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 17PPK5878792217 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 PK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 58787 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 92217 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 Marcos A. Gelabert 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
d1x
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
d1x7
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
d1x7j
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
d1x7j9
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
d1x7j9t
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
d1x7j9t3
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
d1x7j9t3k
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Marcos A. Gelabert International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrook_%22Marcos_A._Gelabert%22_International_Airport

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DD

8.973340, -79.555603

DMS

8°58'24.02"N 79°33'20.17"W

DDM

8°58.4004'N 79°33.3362'W

UTM

17P 658787 992217

MGRS

17PPK5878792217

GH

d1x7j9t3k

OLC

67W2XCFV+9J

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