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Cold Bay Airport Coordinates

AK, US · Elevation 29m

Quick answer: Cold Bay Airport is located at 55.207871, -162.725029 (N, 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

55.207871, -162.725029
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

55°12'28.34"N 162°43'30.10"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

55°12.4723'N 162°43.5017'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

3U 644760 6120284
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

3UXB4476020284
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

b3u61471p
Plus Code

Open Location Code

927V675F+5Q

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-55.207871, -162.725029

Hemisphere: S, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

-55.207871, -162.725029
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

55°12'28.34"S 162°43'30.10"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

55°12.4723'S 162°43.5017'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

3F 644760 3879716
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

3FXU4476079716
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

0qhmcjenz
Plus Code

Open Location Code

32PVQ7RF+X9

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 3UXB4476020284 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 3 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 3 runs -168° to -162° longitude.
Latitude Band U One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square XB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter X (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 44760 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 20284 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 Cold Bay Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
b
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
b3
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
b3u
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
b3u6
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
b3u61
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
b3u614
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
b3u6147
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
b3u61471
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
b3u61471p
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Cold Bay Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

55.207871, -162.725029

DMS

55°12'28.34"N 162°43'30.10"W

DDM

55°12.4723'N 162°43.5017'W

UTM

3U 644760 6120284

MGRS

3UXB4476020284

GH

b3u61471p

OLC

927V675F+5Q

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