Belgian Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data catalogs airports, heliports, and emergency landing sites across Belgium. Volunteer mappers contribute features tagged with `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) last updated this export on 2026-06-26.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Optimize logistics networks by analyzing the distribution of aviation infrastructure like helipads and runways.
• Assess aerial-response capabilities by mapping the density of aeroway features across urban and remote areas.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation infrastructure types: airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, and JSON.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with urban areas likely well-represented but remote areas potentially 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 the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 01:51:50.058891; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Belgium