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96518

ZIP 96518 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

Type
Military (APO/FPO/DPO)
Time zone
Pacific/Wake
County
none
Metro area
none
Coordinates
19.2811, 166.6434
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Where 96518 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 96518
  • 🔢 Type 96518 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BISgG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 96,518 = 2 × 48259. Its digits add up to 29, a total 1,296 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 10111100100000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 96517 (FPO AA, a military post office, 2,327 mi away) and 96520 (APO AA, a military post office, 4,431 mi away). Next door on paper, a road trip in real life.
  • 🔄 Backwards, 96518 becomes 81569, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 17 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (15689, 15698, 16859, 18956, 61859, 85619, …). The farthest-flung twin is 18956 in Rushland, PA, 6,729 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 99%.
  • 🎯5,618 miles west of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 96518 and you would come out at 19.28°S, 13.36°W — 554 miles from Jamestown, Saint Helena, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 13h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 58m.
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ZIP codes near 96518

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96898 Wake Island, HI 0.2 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 96518?

ZIP 96518 is military mail, not a town: APO AP, the Armed Forces Pacific routing code, which covers the Pacific. APO is the Army and Air Force Post Office. Mail to it carries a unit or ship number instead of a street, at domestic US postage.

What county is 96518 in?

96518 belongs to no county — military ZIP codes are mail routing codes, not places.

What ZIP codes are near 96518?

The closest are 96898 (0.2 mi).

Is 96518 a PO Box ZIP code?

96518 is a military (apo/fpo/dpo) ZIP code. A USPS routing code for military mail, not a geographic area.

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