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El Alto International Airport Coordinates

L, BO · Elevation 4,071m

Quick answer: El Alto International Airport is located at -16.510272, -68.189416 (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

-16.510272, -68.189416
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

16°30'36.98"S 68°11'21.90"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

16°30.6163'S 68°11.3650'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

19K 586505 8174446
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

19KEB8650574446
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

6mpd063ux
Plus Code

Open Location Code

57MHFRQ6+RH

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

16.510272, -68.189416

Hemisphere: N, W

DD

Decimal Degrees

16.510272, -68.189416
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

16°30'36.98"N 68°11'21.90"W
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

16°30.6163'N 68°11.3650'W
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

19Q 586505 1825554
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

19QEU8650525554
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

d6ztbm9gr
Plus Code

Open Location Code

778HGR66+2H

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 19KEB8650574446 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 K One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square EB A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter E (west–east) and row letter B (south–north).
Easting 86505 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 74446 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 Alto 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
6m
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
6mp
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
6mpd
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
6mpd0
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
6mpd06
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
6mpd063
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
6mpd063u
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
6mpd063ux
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About El Alto International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-16.510272, -68.189416

DMS

16°30'36.98"S 68°11'21.90"W

DDM

16°30.6163'S 68°11.3650'W

UTM

19K 586505 8174446

MGRS

19KEB8650574446

GH

6mpd063ux

OLC

57MHFRQ6+RH

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