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Vava'u International Airport Coordinates

05, TO · Elevation 72m

Quick answer: Vava'u International Airport is located at -18.585300, -173.962006 (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

-18.585300, -173.962006
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

18°35'7.08"S 173°57'43.22"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

18°35.1180'S 173°57.7204'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

2K 187373 7942480
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

2KJE8737342480
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

2hsq32ssz
Plus Code

Open Location Code

52H8C27Q+RH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

18.585300, -173.962006

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

18.585300, -173.962006
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

18°35'7.08"N 173°57'43.22"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

18°35.1180'N 173°57.7204'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

2Q 187373 2057520
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

2QJF8737357520
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

85k39rkep
Plus Code

Open Location Code

72C8H2PQ+2H

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 2KJE8737342480 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 2 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 2 runs -174° to -168° 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 JE A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter J (west–east) and row letter E (south–north).
Easting 87373 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 42480 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 Vava'u 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
2h
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
2hs
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
2hsq
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
2hsq3
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
2hsq32
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
2hsq32s
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
2hsq32ss
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
2hsq32ssz
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Vava'u International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vava'u_International_Airport

Live Converter

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DD

-18.585300, -173.962006

DMS

18°35'7.08"S 173°57'43.22"W

DDM

18°35.1180'S 173°57.7204'W

UTM

2K 187373 7942480

MGRS

2KJE8737342480

GH

2hsq32ssz

OLC

52H8C27Q+RH

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