Afghanistan Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Afghanistan's airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites extracted from OpenStreetMap. The data is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on May 12, 2026. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Map logistics networks for aid delivery using aviation infrastructure data.
• Identify potential emergency landing sites for aerial-response planning.

Strengths

• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types including airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via tags for aeroway, building, and emergency.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 12:04:40.740843; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan