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Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport Coordinates

RS, BR · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport is located at -29.993984, -51.167482 (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

-29.993984, -51.167482
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°59'38.34"S 51°10'2.94"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°59.6390'S 51°10.0489'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

22J 483846 6681869
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

22JDM8384681869
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6fet7eubr
Plus Code

Open Location Code

582C2R4M+C2

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

29.993984, -51.167482

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

29.993984, -51.167482
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

29°59'38.34"N 51°10'2.94"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

29°59.6390'N 51°10.0489'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

22R 483846 3318131
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

22RDU8384618131
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

dv7deshzx
Plus Code

Open Location Code

78XCXRVM+CR

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 22JDM8384681869 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 22 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 22 runs -54° to -48° longitude.
Latitude Band J One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square DM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter D (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 83846 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 81869 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 Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
6
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
6f
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6fe
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6fet
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6fet7
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6fet7e
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6fet7eu
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6fet7eub
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6fet7eubr
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Porto Alegre-Salgado Filho International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-29.993984, -51.167482

DMS

29°59'38.34"S 51°10'2.94"W

DDM

29°59.6390'S 51°10.0489'W

UTM

22J 483846 6681869

MGRS

22JDM8384681869

GH

6fet7eubr

OLC

582C2R4M+C2

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