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96306

ZIP 96306 is military mail, not a town: FPO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Asia/Tokyo
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
35.4427, 139.3693
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Where 96306 is

This ZIP code has no Census tabulation area, so there is no boundary to draw — the marker is its published point location.

★ Weird and wonderful facts about 96306
  • 🔢 Type 96306 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: gOEgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,306 = 2 × 3 × 7 × 2293. Its digits add up to 24, a total 2,425 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100000110010
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96284 (APO AA, a military post office, 700 mi away) and 96310 (FPO AA, a military post office, 415 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96306 becomes 60369, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (30669, 36069, 36609, 39066, 60639, 60693, …). The farthest-flung twin is 30669 in Union Point, GA, 6,928 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 72% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯6,062 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96306 and you would come out at 35.44°S, 40.63°W — 712 miles from Gravataí, Brazil, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 33m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 46m.
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Land area

ZIP codes near 96306

ZIPCityDistance
96339 APO AA, AA 5.1 mi
96313 FPO AA, AA 6.9 mi
96347 FPO AA, AA 15.8 mi
96348 FPO AA, AA 15.8 mi
96349 FPO AA, AA 20.1 mi
96350 FPO AA, AA 20.1 mi
96323 APO AA, AA 21.2 mi
96325 APO AA, AA 21.2 mi
96326 APO AA, AA 21.2 mi
96328 APO AA, AA 21.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96306?

ZIP 96306 is military mail, not a town: FPO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. FPO is the Fleet Post Office, which serves Navy and Marine Corps bases and ships. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 96306 in?

96306 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96306?

The closest are 96339 (5.1 mi), 96313 (6.9 mi), 96347 (15.8 mi), 96348 (15.8 mi) and 96349 (20.1 mi).

Is 96306 a PO Box ZIP code?

96306 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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