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El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport Coordinates

Z, AR · Elevation 204m

Quick answer: El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport is located at -50.281997, -72.053949 (S, 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

-50.281997, -72.053949
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

50°16'55.19"S 72°3'14.22"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

50°16.9198'S 72°3.2369'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18F 709880 4425863
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18FYK0988025863
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

4rhcbq7yj
Plus Code

Open Location Code

37X9PW9W+74

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

50.281997, -72.053949

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

50.281997, -72.053949
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

50°16'55.19"N 72°3'14.22"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

50°16.9198'N 72°3.2369'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

18U 709880 5574137
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

18UYA0988074137
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

f2uy03ecv
Plus Code

Open Location Code

97297WJW+MW

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 18FYK0988025863 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 18 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 18 runs -78° to -72° longitude.
Latitude Band F One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square YK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter Y (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 09880 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 25863 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 El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
4
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
4r
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
4rh
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
4rhc
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
4rhcb
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
4rhcbq
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
4rhcbq7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
4rhcbq7y
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
4rhcbq7yj
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About El Calafate - Commander Armando Tola International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-50.281997, -72.053949

DMS

50°16'55.19"S 72°3'14.22"W

DDM

50°16.9198'S 72°3.2369'W

UTM

18F 709880 4425863

MGRS

18FYK0988025863

GH

4rhcbq7yj

OLC

37X9PW9W+74

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