Airports and Aviation Infrastructure of Mozambique from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data on Mozambique's aviation infrastructure, including airports, helipads, and emergency landing sites. The dataset is contributed by volunteer mappers and maintained by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Coverage likely reflects mapper activity, with urban areas better represented than remote regions.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on mapped emergency landing sites.
• Analyze aviation network coverage for logistics based on airport and helipad locations.
• Support aerial-response planning for humanitarian aid based on tagged aeroway infrastructure.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, GEOJSON, JSON).
• License is ODbL-1.0, allowing sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Limitations

• Coverage is uneven, with remote areas likely sparse compared to urban centers.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to volunteer mapping efforts on OpenStreetMap.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer mapping via collaborative platform, tagged with keys like `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-19 15:47:04.500132; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mozambique