Afghanistan Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure in Afghanistan, including airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap via volunteer mapping and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. It was last updated on 2026-06-20.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on mapped emergency landing sites.
• Analyze aviation logistics capacity based on airport and runway locations.
• Support aerial-response planning based on helipad and heliport infrastructure.
• Cross-reference urban and remote area coverage for mapping completeness assessments.

Strengths

• Data includes multiple infrastructure types: airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Last updated on 2026-06-20 10:33:19.941085.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity; remote areas may be sparse.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping via OpenStreetMap tags (aeroway, building, emergency).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-20 10:33:19.941085; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Afghanistan