Airports and Aviation Infrastructure in Chad from OpenStreetMap
Updated 21d ago
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Description
OpenStreetMap exports for Chad contain airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) provides this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.
Use Cases
Plan logistics and supply chains based on airport and helipad locations.
Route evacuations and emergency responses based on mapped aviation infrastructure.
Analyze aviation network coverage and gaps based on the described OSM tags.
Support aerial survey and mission planning based on runway and landing site data.
Strengths
Data is provided in multiple geospatial formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
Includes a variety of aviation infrastructure types as described: airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-15 09:07:10.458959.
Limitations
Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the description.
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 exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).
Freshness
Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:10.458959; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Chad
Data is licensed under ODbL-1.0, which requires attribution and share-alike for derivative databases.