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Hawke's Bay Airport Coordinates

HKB, NZ · Elevation 2m

Quick answer: Hawke's Bay Airport is located at -39.465801, 176.869995 (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

-39.465801, 176.869995
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°27'56.88"S 176°52'11.98"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°27.9481'S 176°52.1997'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60H 488817 5631523
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60HVB8881731523
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rbvz2z2z1
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4VGRGVM9+Q9

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

39.465801, 176.869995

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

39.465801, 176.869995
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

39°27'56.88"N 176°52'11.98"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

39°27.9481'N 176°52.1997'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60S 488817 4368477
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60SVJ8881768477
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xzjb8b8bc
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8VFRFV89+9Q

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 60HVB8881731523 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 VB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 88817 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 31523 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 Hawke's Bay 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
rb
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rbv
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rbvz
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rbvz2
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rbvz2z
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rbvz2z2
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rbvz2z2z
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rbvz2z2z1
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Hawke's Bay Airport

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

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DD

-39.465801, 176.869995

DMS

39°27'56.88"S 176°52'11.98"E

DDM

39°27.9481'S 176°52.1997'E

UTM

60H 488817 5631523

MGRS

60HVB8881731523

GH

rbvz2z2z1

OLC

4VGRGVM9+Q9