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Fangatau Airport Coordinates

U-A, PF · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Fangatau Airport is located at -15.820044, -140.888071 (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

-15.820044, -140.888071
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°49'12.16"S 140°53'17.06"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°49.2026'S 140°53.2843'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

7L 511986 8250967
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

7LEC1198650967
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

2v5y4003w
Plus Code

Open Location Code

53PX54H6+XR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

15.820044, -140.888071

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

15.820044, -140.888071
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°49'12.16"N 140°53'17.06"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°49.2026'N 140°53.2843'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

7P 511986 1749033
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

7PET1198649033
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

8fgcfpbqq
Plus Code

Open Location Code

737XR4C6+52

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 7LEC1198650967 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 7 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 7 runs -144° to -138° longitude.
Latitude Band L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square EC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 11986 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 50967 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 Fangatau 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
2v
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
2v5
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
2v5y
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
2v5y4
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
2v5y40
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
2v5y400
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
2v5y4003
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
2v5y4003w
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Fangatau Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-15.820044, -140.888071

DMS

15°49'12.16"S 140°53'17.06"W

DDM

15°49.2026'S 140°53.2843'W

UTM

7L 511986 8250967

MGRS

7LEC1198650967

GH

2v5y4003w

OLC

53PX54H6+XR

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