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Taupo Airport Coordinates

WKO, NZ · Elevation 407m

Quick answer: Taupo Airport is located at -38.739700, 176.084000 (S, E).

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

-38.739700, 176.084000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°44'22.92"S 176°5'2.40"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°44.3820'S 176°5.0400'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60H 420391 5711710
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60HVC2039111710
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rcj5wgsky
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4VHR736M+4F

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

38.739700, 176.084000

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

38.739700, 176.084000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

38°44'22.92"N 176°5'2.40"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

38°44.3820'N 176°5.0400'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60S 420391 4288290
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60SVH2039188290
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xyvhquk7n
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8VCRP3QM+WF

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 60HVC2039111710 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 60 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 60 runs 174° to 180° longitude.
Latitude Band H One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square VC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 20391 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 11710 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 Taupo Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
r
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
rc
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rcj
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rcj5
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rcj5w
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rcj5wg
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rcj5wgs
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rcj5wgsk
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rcj5wgsky
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Taupo Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-38.739700, 176.084000

DMS

38°44'22.92"S 176°5'2.40"E

DDM

38°44.3820'S 176°5.0400'E

UTM

60H 420391 5711710

MGRS

60HVC2039111710

GH

rcj5wgsky

OLC

4VHR736M+4F

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