Airports and Aviation Infrastructure of Madagascar from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Madagascar's aviation infrastructure, including airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The dataset is compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and was last updated on 2026-06-23. Coverage likely reflects areas where volunteer mappers have been active, with urban areas typically better represented than remote ones.

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply routes based on airport and runway locations.
• Design evacuation routing based on the network of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Support aerial-response planning for humanitarian crises based on helipad and heliport data.
• Analyze aviation infrastructure coverage and gaps across Madagascar.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map with a large contributor base.
• Includes multiple infrastructure types (airports, heliports, runways, terminals, emergency sites) tagged via specific OSM keys.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Coverage is dependent on volunteer mapper activity, leading to potential sparsity in remote areas.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform, aggregated by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 18:26:37.774391; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Madagascar