Kenya Airport and Aerodrome Locations from OpenStreetMap

Kenya's aviation infrastructure features extracted from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes features tagged as airports, aerodromes, helipads, and landing sites, with attributes such as name, aeroway type, building type, and address details. It was exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Map airport and aerodrome locations based on the 'aeroway' and 'building' tags.
• Analyze the distribution of emergency landing sites and helipads based on the 'emergency' and 'emergency:helipad' tags.
• Enrich location-based services with airport names and addresses based on the 'name', 'addr:full', and 'addr:city' attributes.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, and KML.
• Includes multilingual naming with 'name:en' and 'name:sw' attributes for English and Swahili names.
• Features are defined by a clear OpenStreetMap tag query for aviation-related infrastructure.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2026 03 03 09:11:04.596209; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tag criteria.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:11:04.596209.

Geography

Kenya