Egypt Airports and Aerodromes from OpenStreetMap, 2026 Export

OpenStreetMap data for Egypt includes features tagged as airports, aerodromes, helipads, and landing sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-03 03. Features may have attributes like name, aeroway type, building, operator, capacity, and address details.

Use Cases

• Mapping airport and aerodrome locations based on geospatial coordinates.
• Analyzing aviation infrastructure types based on the 'aeroway' and 'building' tags.
• Identifying emergency landing sites and helipads for disaster response planning based on 'emergency' tags.
• Studying facility capacity and operator types for infrastructure analysis.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative and openly licensed global mapping project.
• Includes multiple feature types: airports, buildings, helipads, and emergency landing sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic or contributor bias inherent to OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tag filters.

Time Range

Snapshot as of 2026-03-03.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:49:14.771161; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Egypt