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Wake Island Airfield Coordinates

79, UM · Elevation 4m

Quick answer: Wake Island Airfield is located at 19.282437, 166.636637 (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

19.282437, 166.636637
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

19°16'56.77"N 166°38'11.89"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

19°16.9462'N 166°38.1982'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

58Q 671982 2132890
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

58QFG7198232890
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xeqmxym07
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7VF87JJP+WW

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-19.282437, 166.636637

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-19.282437, 166.636637
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

19°16'56.77"S 166°38'11.89"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

19°16.9462'S 166°38.1982'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

58K 671982 7867110
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

58KFD7198267110
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rsw6rctpe
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5VG8PJ9P+44

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 58QFG7198232890 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 58 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 58 runs 162° to 168° longitude.
Latitude Band Q One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FG A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter G (south–north).
Easting 71982 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 32890 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 Wake Island Airfield's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
x
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
xe
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
xeq
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
xeqm
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
xeqmx
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
xeqmxy
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
xeqmxym
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
xeqmxym0
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
xeqmxym07
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Wake Island Airfield

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

Live Converter

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DD

19.282437, 166.636637

DMS

19°16'56.77"N 166°38'11.89"E

DDM

19°16.9462'N 166°38.1982'E

UTM

58Q 671982 2132890

MGRS

58QFG7198232890

GH

xeqmxym07

OLC

7VF87JJP+WW

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