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Tawau Airport Coordinates

12, MY · Elevation 17m

Quick answer: Tawau Airport is located at 4.313380, 118.121520 (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

4.313380, 118.121520
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

4°18'48.17"N 118°7'17.47"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

4°18.8028'N 118°7.2912'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

50N 624454 476859
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

50NPK2445476859
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

w8gbxcjrq
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6PPW847C+8M

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

-4.313380, 118.121520

Hemisphere: S, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

-4.313380, 118.121520
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

4°18'48.17"S 118°7'17.47"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

4°18.8028'S 118°7.2912'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

50M 624454 9523141
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

50MPA2445423141
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

qx5zryv2w
Plus Code

Open Location Code

6P7WM4PC+P7

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 50NPK2445476859 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 PK A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter P (west–east) and row letter K (south–north).
Easting 24454 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 76859 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 Tawau 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
w8
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
w8g
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
w8gb
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
w8gbx
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
w8gbxc
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
w8gbxcj
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
w8gbxcjr
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
w8gbxcjrq
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Tawau Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

4.313380, 118.121520

DMS

4°18'48.17"N 118°7'17.47"E

DDM

4°18.8028'N 118°7.2912'E

UTM

50N 624454 476859

MGRS

50NPK2445476859

GH

w8gbxcjrq

OLC

6PPW847C+8M

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