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Whakatāne Airport Coordinates

BOP, NZ · Elevation 6m

Quick answer: Whakatāne Airport is located at -37.922224, 176.916960 (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

-37.922224, 176.916960
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°55'20.01"S 176°55'1.06"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°55.3334'S 176°55.0176'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60H 492702 5802811
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60HVD9270202811
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rcmb3b6zp
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4VJR3WH8+5C

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

37.922224, 176.916960

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

37.922224, 176.916960
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°55'20.01"N 176°55'1.06"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°55.3334'N 176°55.0176'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

60S 492702 4197189
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

60SVG9270297189
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xytz9zdbz
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8V9RWWC8+XC

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 60HVD9270202811 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 VD A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter V (west–east) and row letter D (south–north).
Easting 92702 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 02811 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 Whakatāne 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
rcm
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rcmb
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rcmb3
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rcmb3b
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rcmb3b6
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rcmb3b6z
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rcmb3b6zp
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Whakatāne Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-37.922224, 176.916960

DMS

37°55'20.01"S 176°55'1.06"E

DDM

37°55.3334'S 176°55.0176'E

UTM

60H 492702 5802811

MGRS

60HVD9270202811

GH

rcmb3b6zp

OLC

4VJR3WH8+5C