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Kapustin Yar Airfield Coordinates

AST, RU

Quick answer: Kapustin Yar Airfield is located at 48.667000, 45.732000 (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

48.667000, 45.732000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

48°40'1.20"N 45°43'55.20"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

48°40.0200'N 45°43.9200'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38U 553896 5390697
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38UNU5389690697
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

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Plus Code

Open Location Code

8HW7MP8J+X2

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-48.667000, 45.732000

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-48.667000, 45.732000
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

48°40'1.20"S 45°43'55.20"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

48°40.0200'S 45°43.9200'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

38F 553896 4609303
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

38FNM5389609303
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

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Plus Code

Open Location Code

4H378PMJ+92

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 38UNU5389690697 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 U One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square NU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter N (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 53896 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 90697 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 Kapustin Yar Airfield's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
v
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
v0
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
v08
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
v08s
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
v08sb
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
v08sbe
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
v08sbet
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
v08sbet1
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
v08sbet1b
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kapustin Yar Airfield

Kapustin Yar Airfield (RU-0304) is a medium airport in Znamensk, RU.

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DD

48.667000, 45.732000

DMS

48°40'1.20"N 45°43'55.20"E

DDM

48°40.0200'N 45°43.9200'E

UTM

38U 553896 5390697

MGRS

38UNU5389690697

GH

v08sbet1b

OLC

8HW7MP8J+X2