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Kota Kinabalu International Airport Coordinates

12, MY · Elevation 3m

Quick answer: Kota Kinabalu International Airport is located at 5.932743, 116.049324 (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

5.932743, 116.049324
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

5°55'57.87"N 116°2'57.57"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

5°55.9646'N 116°2.9594'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

50N 394772 655860
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

50NLM9477255860
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

w949bb089
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6PQRW2MX+4H

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-5.932743, 116.049324

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-5.932743, 116.049324
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

5°55'57.87"S 116°2'57.57"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

5°55.9646'S 116°2.9594'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

50M 394772 9344140
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

50MLU9477244140
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

qwfw0zbx3
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6P6R328X+WH

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 50NLM9477255860 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 50 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 50 runs 114° to 120° longitude.
Latitude Band N One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square LM A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter M (south–north).
Easting 94772 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 55860 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 Kota Kinabalu 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
w9
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
w94
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
w949
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
w949b
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
w949bb
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
w949bb0
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
w949bb08
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
w949bb089
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Kota Kinabalu International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

5.932743, 116.049324

DMS

5°55'57.87"N 116°2'57.57"E

DDM

5°55.9646'N 116°2.9594'E

UTM

50N 394772 655860

MGRS

50NLM9477255860

GH

w949bb089

OLC

6PQRW2MX+4H

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