Ghana Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of Ghana's aviation infrastructure, including airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The data is contributed by volunteers and curated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, with a last update timestamp of 2026-05-15 10:38:05.518216. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas typically better mapped than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Optimize logistics networks using the spatial distribution of airports and helipads.
• Coordinate aerial-response missions by mapping available runways and terminals.
• Assess aviation infrastructure coverage for development planning.

Strengths

• Includes multiple infrastructure types (airports, heliports, runways, terminals, emergency sites) tagged via OSM keys `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency`.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON) for interoperability.

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, exported and aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 10:38:05.518216.

Geography

Ghana