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Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport Coordinates

NSW, AU · Elevation 6m

Quick answer: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport is located at -33.946098, 151.177002 (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

-33.946098, 151.177002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°56'45.95"S 151°10'37.21"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°56.7659'S 151°10.6201'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

56H 331533 6242324
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

56HLH3153342324
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

r3gwbh79x
Plus Code

Open Location Code

4RRH353G+HR

Map Location

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

Antipodal Point

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

Antipodal coordinates

33.946098, 151.177002

Hemisphere: N, E

DD

Decimal Degrees

33.946098, 151.177002
DMS

Degrees Minutes Seconds

33°56'45.95"N 151°10'37.21"E
DDM

Degrees Decimal Minutes

33°56.7659'N 151°10.6201'E
UTM

Universal Transverse Mercator

56S 331533 3757676
MGRS

Military Grid Reference

56SLC3153357676
Geohash

Geohash Encoding

xq5905ewr
Plus Code

Open Location Code

8R5HW5WG+H2

MGRS Decoded

MGRS encodes location as a nested hierarchy — zone, band, grid square, and offsets. Here is what each component of 56HLH3153342324 means.

Component Value Meaning
UTM Zone 56 One of 60 vertical slices of Earth (6° wide each). Zone 56 runs 150° to 156° 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 LH A 100 × 100 km grid square within the zone/band. Column letter L (west–east) and row letter H (south–north).
Easting 31533 Distance east within the 100 km square. 5-digit value = 10 m resolution. Multiply by 1 to get meters.
Northing 42324 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 Sydney Kingsford Smith International 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
r3
≈ 1,250 × 625 km
3
r3g
≈ 156 × 156 km
4
r3gw
≈ 39 × 20 km
5
r3gwb
≈ 4.9 × 4.9 km
6
r3gwbh
≈ 1.2 km × 610 m
7
r3gwbh7
≈ 153 × 153 m
8
r3gwbh79
≈ 38 × 19 m
9
r3gwbh79x
≈ 4.8 × 4.8 m

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

About Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport

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

Live Converter

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DD

-33.946098, 151.177002

DMS

33°56'45.95"S 151°10'37.21"E

DDM

33°56.7659'S 151°10.6201'E

UTM

56H 331533 6242324

MGRS

56HLH3153342324

GH

r3gwbh79x

OLC

4RRH353G+HR

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