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Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport Coordinates

AC, BR · Elevation 193m

Quick answer: Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport is located at -9.869031, -67.893984 (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

-9.869031, -67.893984
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°52'8.51"S 67°53'38.34"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°52.1419'S 67°53.6390'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

19L 621270 8908867
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

19LFK2127008867
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6qpxz53he
Plus Code

Open Location Code

672J44J4+7W

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

9.869031, -67.893984

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

9.869031, -67.893984
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

9°52'8.51"N 67°53'38.34"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

9°52.1419'N 67°53.6390'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

19P 621270 1091133
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

19PFL2127091133
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d3z8ph957
Plus Code

Open Location Code

67XJV494+M4

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 19LFK2127008867 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 19 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 19 runs -72° to -66° longitude.
Latitude Band L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square FK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 21270 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 08867 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 Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro 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
6q
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6qp
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6qpx
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6qpxz
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6qpxz5
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6qpxz53
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6qpxz53h
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6qpxz53he
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Rio Branco-Plácido de Castro International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-9.869031, -67.893984

DMS

9°52'8.51"S 67°53'38.34"W

DDM

9°52.1419'S 67°53.6390'W

UTM

19L 621270 8908867

MGRS

19LFK2127008867

GH

6qpxz53he

OLC

672J44J4+7W

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