Benin Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure for Benin, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes features such as airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites, tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply routes based on airport and runway locations.
• Coordinate evacuation routing based on helipad and emergency landing site data.
• Support aerial-response planning for humanitarian crises using aviation infrastructure maps.

Strengths

• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types, including airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial file formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-14, indicating relatively recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, but remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 00:31:38.117922; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Benin