Democratic Republic of the Congo Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Democratic Republic of the Congo airports and aviation infrastructure exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes features such as airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites, tagged via OSM keys `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency`. It was last updated on 2026-05-22 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Map aviation logistics networks using the included airports, heliports, and runways.
• Assess infrastructure for aerial-response planning using the tagged aeroway and building features.

Strengths

• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types, including airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete according to the source description.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via specific OSM tags (`aeroway`, `building`, `emergency`).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 10:54:12.154823; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo