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Rarotonga International Airport Coordinates

U-A, CK · Elevation 6m

Quick answer: Rarotonga International Airport is located at -21.202700, -159.806000 (S, 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

-21.202700, -159.806000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

21°12'9.72"S 159°48'21.60"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

21°12.1620'S 159°48.3600'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

4K 416345 7655206
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

4KDB1634555206
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

2knr7s0v6
Plus Code

Open Location Code

53C2Q5WV+WF

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

21.202700, -159.806000

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

21.202700, -159.806000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

21°12'9.72"N 159°48'21.60"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

21°12.1620'N 159°48.3600'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

4Q 416345 2344794
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

4QDJ1634544794
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

87y2eebfd
Plus Code

Open Location Code

73H2653V+47

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 4KDB1634555206 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 4 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 4 runs -162° to -156° longitude.
Latitude Band K One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square DB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter D (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 16345 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 55206 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 Rarotonga International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
2
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
2k
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
2kn
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
2knr
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
2knr7
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
2knr7s
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
2knr7s0
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
2knr7s0v
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
2knr7s0v6
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Rarotonga International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-21.202700, -159.806000

DMS

21°12'9.72"S 159°48'21.60"W

DDM

21°12.1620'S 159°48.3600'W

UTM

4K 416345 7655206

MGRS

4KDB1634555206

GH

2knr7s0v6

OLC

53C2Q5WV+WF