Gambia Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure for Gambia, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Coordinate aerial-response and evacuation planning based on emergency landing site data.
• Map aviation infrastructure for regional development or security assessments.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types including airports, heliports, runways, and terminals.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

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 via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:10:45.123387.

Geography

Gambia