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Cooktown Airport Coordinates

QLD, AU · Elevation 8m

Quick answer: Cooktown Airport is located at -15.443649, 145.183221 (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

-15.443649, 145.183221
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°26'37.14"S 145°10'59.60"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°26.6189'S 145°10.9933'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55L 305063 8291780
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55LCC0506391780
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

rjr0psx4n
Plus Code

Open Location Code

5RP7H54M+FJ

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

15.443649, 145.183221

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

15.443649, 145.183221
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

15°26'37.14"N 145°10'59.60"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

15°26.6189'N 145°10.9933'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55P 305063 1708220
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55PCT0506308220
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

x4xpzerjy
Plus Code

Open Location Code

7R77C5VM+F6

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55LCC0506391780 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 L One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square CC A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter C (west–east) and row letter C (south–north).
Easting 05063 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 91780 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 Cooktown Airport'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
rj
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
rjr
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
rjr0
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
rjr0p
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
rjr0ps
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
rjr0psx
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
rjr0psx4
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
rjr0psx4n
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Cooktown Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-15.443649, 145.183221

DMS

15°26'37.14"S 145°10'59.60"E

DDM

15°26.6189'S 145°10.9933'E

UTM

55L 305063 8291780

MGRS

55LCC0506391780

GH

rjr0psx4n

OLC

5RP7H54M+FJ