Faroe Islands Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for the Faroe Islands contain airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The data is contributed by volunteers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply routes based on airport and heliport locations.
• Model evacuation scenarios based on the network of aviation facilities.
• Support aerial-response planning for emergencies using runway and helipad data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation infrastructure types: airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, and JSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-15, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• 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 data exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:26:02.075076

Geography

Faroe Islands