Eritrea Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites across Eritrea. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, which was last updated on 2026-05-15. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Model evacuation routing scenarios based on aviation infrastructure.
• Support aerial-response planning for emergencies based on tagged landing sites.
• Analyze the distribution of aviation facilities across Eritrea.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset includes diverse aviation infrastructure types such as airports, helipads, runways, and emergency landing sites.
• Source data is from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; 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, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:53:18.122593; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eritrea