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Juan Santamaría International Airport Coordinates

A, CR · Elevation 921m

Quick answer: Juan Santamaría International Airport is located at 9.993860, -84.208801 (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

9.993860, -84.208801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°59'37.90"N 84°12'31.68"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°59.6316'N 84°12.5281'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16P 806023 1106028
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16PHS0602306028
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d1u0gg342
Plus Code

Open Location Code

66XQXQVR+FQ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-9.993860, -84.208801

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-9.993860, -84.208801
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°59'37.90"S 84°12'31.68"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°59.6316'S 84°12.5281'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

16L 806023 8893972
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

16LHP0602393972
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6nhp5u9j8
Plus Code

Open Location Code

662Q2Q4R+F9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 16PHS0602306028 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 16 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 16 runs -90° to -84° 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 HS A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter H (west–east) and row letter S (south–north).
Easting 06023 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 06028 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 Juan Santamaría 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
d1u
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
d1u0
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
d1u0g
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
d1u0gg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
d1u0gg3
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
d1u0gg34
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
d1u0gg342
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Juan Santamaría International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Santamar%C3%ADa_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

9.993860, -84.208801

DMS

9°59'37.90"N 84°12'31.68"W

DDM

9°59.6316'N 84°12.5281'W

UTM

16P 806023 1106028

MGRS

16PHS0602306028

GH

d1u0gg342

OLC

66XQXQVR+FQ

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