Algeria Airports and Aerodromes from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap features in Algeria related to aviation infrastructure, including airports, aerodromes, and helipads. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this dataset, which was last updated on 2026-05-05. Features may include attributes for names, aeroway types, building information, addresses, and capacity.

Use Cases

• Map airport locations and types across Algeria based on the 'aeroway' attribute.
• Analyze the distribution of emergency landing sites and helipads based on the 'emergency' and 'emergency:helipad' tags.
• Study the multilingual naming of facilities using the 'name:en', 'name:ar', and 'name:ber' attributes.
• Identify airport operators and facility capacities using the 'operator:type' and 'capacity:persons' fields.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.
• Includes multiple potential attributes per feature, such as multilingual names and address details.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (KML, GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of features from the OpenStreetMap database matching specific tags related to aviation.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-05 14:50:44.090223; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Algeria