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Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport Coordinates

PE, BR · Elevation 10m

Quick answer: Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport is located at -8.127470, -34.922961 (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

-8.127470, -34.922961
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°7'38.89"S 34°55'22.66"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°7.6482'S 34°55.3777'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

25L 288119 9101107
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

25LBM8811901107
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

7nx1v23yh
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6937V3FG+53

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

The point on the exact opposite side of Earth from Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport. If you drilled straight through the planet's center, you would emerge here.

Antipodal coordinates

8.127470, -34.922961

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

8.127470, -34.922961
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

8°7'38.89"N 34°55'22.66"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

8°7.6482'N 34°55.3777'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

25P 288119 898893
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

25PBJ8811998893
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

e1rnjr9cu
Plus Code

Open Location Code

69W743GG+XV

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 25LBM8811901107 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 25 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 25 runs -36° to -30° 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 BM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter B (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 88119 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 01107 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 Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
7
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
7n
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
7nx
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
7nx1
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
7nx1v
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
7nx1v2
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
7nx1v23
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
7nx1v23y
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
7nx1v23yh
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife/Guararapes%E2%80%93Gilberto_Freyre_International_Airport

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DD

-8.127470, -34.922961

DMS

8°7'38.89"S 34°55'22.66"W

DDM

8°7.6482'S 34°55.3777'W

UTM

25L 288119 9101107

MGRS

25LBM8811901107

GH

7nx1v23yh

OLC

6937V3FG+53

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