Bahamas Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure in the Bahamas, including airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap via volunteer mappers and tagged with keys like `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency`. It was last updated on 2026-06-26.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Optimize aerial logistics and supply delivery using helipad and runway locations.
• Assess aviation infrastructure coverage for remote area accessibility planning.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation feature types such as airports, helipads, and emergency sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Coverage may be sparse in remote areas, reflecting where volunteer mappers have been active.
• 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 the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 02:41:42.513330

Geography

Bahamas