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Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad Coordinates

SD, IQ · Elevation 49m

Quick answer: Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad is located at 33.940201, 44.361599 (N, 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

33.940201, 44.361599
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°56'24.72"N 44°21'41.76"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°56.4121'N 44°21.6959'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38S 441003 3755709
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38SMC4100355709
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

syp916xhh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8H56W9R6+4G

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-33.940201, 44.361599

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-33.940201, 44.361599
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°56'24.72"S 44°21'41.76"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°56.4121'S 44°21.6959'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38H 441003 6244291
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38HMH4100344291
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

kczwcmr5u
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4HR63956+WG

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 38SMC4100355709 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 38 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 38 runs 42° to 48° longitude.
Latitude Band S One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square MC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter M (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 41003 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 55709 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 Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
s
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
sy
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
syp
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
syp9
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
syp91
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
syp916
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
syp916x
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
syp916xh
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
syp916xhh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Balad Southeast Airport / Joint Base Balad

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

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DD

33.940201, 44.361599

DMS

33°56'24.72"N 44°21'41.76"E

DDM

33°56.4121'N 44°21.6959'E

UTM

38S 441003 3755709

MGRS

38SMC4100355709

GH

syp916xhh

OLC

8H56W9R6+4G

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