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Kaukura Airport Coordinates

U-A, PF · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Kaukura Airport is located at -15.663300, -146.884995 (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

-15.663300, -146.884995
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°39'47.88"S 146°53'5.98"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°39.7980'S 146°53.0997'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

6L 512325 8268305
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

6LWH1232568305
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

2tpwcs9de
Plus Code

Open Location Code

53PM84P8+J6

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

15.663300, -146.884995

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

15.663300, -146.884995
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°39'47.88"N 146°53'5.98"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°39.7980'N 146°53.0997'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

6P 512325 1731695
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

6PWC1232531695
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

8dz91e3t7
Plus Code

Open Location Code

737MM478+6C

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 6LWH1232568305 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 6 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 6 runs -150° to -144° 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 WH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter W (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 12325 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 68305 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 Kaukura 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
2t
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
2tp
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
2tpw
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
2tpwc
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
2tpwcs
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
2tpwcs9
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
2tpwcs9d
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
2tpwcs9de
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kaukura Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-15.663300, -146.884995

DMS

15°39'47.88"S 146°53'5.98"W

DDM

15°39.7980'S 146°53.0997'W

UTM

6L 512325 8268305

MGRS

6LWH1232568305

GH

2tpwcs9de

OLC

53PM84P8+J6

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