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Wattay International Airport Coordinates

VT, LA · Elevation 172m

Quick answer: Wattay International Airport is located at 17.985052, 102.566692 (N, E).

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

17.985052, 102.566692
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

17°59'6.19"N 102°34'0.09"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

17°59.1031'N 102°34.0015'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

48Q 242319 1990222
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

48QTE4231990222
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

w70ymfnf9
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7P94XHP8+44

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-17.985052, 102.566692

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-17.985052, 102.566692
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

17°59'6.19"S 102°34'0.09"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

17°59.1031'S 102°34.0015'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

48K 242319 8009778
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

48KTF4231909778
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

qkbctvyv3
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5PJ42H78+WW

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 48QTE4231990222 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 48 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 48 runs 102° to 108° longitude.
Latitude Band Q One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square TE A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter T (west–east) and row letter E (south–north).
Easting 42319 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 90222 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 Wattay International Airport's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
w
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
w7
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
w70
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
w70y
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
w70ym
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
w70ymf
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
w70ymfn
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
w70ymfnf
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
w70ymfnf9
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Wattay International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

17.985052, 102.566692

DMS

17°59'6.19"N 102°34'0.09"E

DDM

17°59.1031'N 102°34.0015'E

UTM

48Q 242319 1990222

MGRS

48QTE4231990222

GH

w70ymfnf9

OLC

7P94XHP8+44

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