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Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville Coordinates

QLD, AU · Elevation 5m

Quick answer: Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville is located at -19.252904, 146.766512 (S, 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

-19.252904, 146.766512
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

19°15'10.45"S 146°45'59.44"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

19°15.1742'S 146°45.9907'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55K 475463 7871172
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55KDU7546371172
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rk867z05e
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5RG8PQW8+W3

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

19.252904, 146.766512

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

19.252904, 146.766512
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

19°15'10.45"N 146°45'59.44"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

19°15.1742'N 146°45.9907'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55Q 475463 2128828
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55QDB7546328828
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

x72mebbh7
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7RF87Q38+4V

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55KDU7546371172 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 55 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 55 runs 144° to 150° 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 DU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter D (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 75463 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 71172 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 Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville's geohash at every precision level alongside the bounding box each level represents.

Length Geohash Cell Size
1
r
≈ 5,000 × 5,000 km
2
rk
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rk8
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rk86
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rk867
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rk867z
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rk867z0
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rk867z05
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rk867z05e
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Townsville Airport / RAAF Base Townsville

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

Live Converter

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DD

-19.252904, 146.766512

DMS

19°15'10.45"S 146°45'59.44"E

DDM

19°15.1742'S 146°45.9907'E

UTM

55K 475463 7871172

MGRS

55KDU7546371172

GH

rk867z05e

OLC

5RG8PQW8+W3

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