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Parkes Airport Coordinates

NSW, AU · Elevation 326m

Quick answer: Parkes Airport is located at -33.131401, 148.238998 (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

-33.131401, 148.238998
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°7'53.04"S 148°14'20.39"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°7.8841'S 148°14.3399'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55H 615574 6333463
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55HFD1557433463
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

r617t287e
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4RRCV69Q+G3

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

33.131401, 148.238998

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

33.131401, 148.238998
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°7'53.04"N 148°14'20.39"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°7.8841'N 148°14.3399'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

55S 615574 3666537
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

55SFS1557466537
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xmckmr2k7
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8R5C46JQ+GV

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 55HFD1557433463 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 FD A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter F (west–east) and row letter D (south–north).
Easting 15574 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 33463 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 Parkes 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
r6
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
r61
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
r617
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
r617t
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
r617t2
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
r617t28
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
r617t287
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
r617t287e
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Parkes Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-33.131401, 148.238998

DMS

33°7'53.04"S 148°14'20.39"E

DDM

33°7.8841'S 148°14.3399'E

UTM

55H 615574 6333463

MGRS

55HFD1557433463

GH

r617t287e

OLC

4RRCV69Q+G3

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