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Melbourne Airport Coordinates

VIC, AU · Elevation 132m

Quick answer: Melbourne Airport is located at -37.670732, 144.837898 (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

-37.670732, 144.837898
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°40'14.64"S 144°50'16.43"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°40.2439'S 144°50.2739'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55H 309316 5828518
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55HCU0931628518
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

r1qcxy78p
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4RJ68RHQ+JG

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

37.670732, 144.837898

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

37.670732, 144.837898
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

37°40'14.64"N 144°50'16.43"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

37°40.2439'N 144°50.2739'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55S 309316 4171482
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55SCB0931671482
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xnwyrcexz
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8R96MRCQ+6G

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55HCU0931628518 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 H One of 20 horizontal bands (8° tall each), lettered C–X (skipping I and O). Indicates the general latitude region.
100 km Square CU A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter C (west–east) and row letter U (south–north).
Easting 09316 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 28518 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 Melbourne 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
r1
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
r1q
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
r1qc
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
r1qcx
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
r1qcxy
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
r1qcxy7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
r1qcxy78
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
r1qcxy78p
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Melbourne Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-37.670732, 144.837898

DMS

37°40'14.64"S 144°50'16.43"E

DDM

37°40.2439'S 144°50.2739'E

UTM

55H 309316 5828518

MGRS

55HCU0931628518

GH

r1qcxy78p

OLC

4RJ68RHQ+JG

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