Netherlands Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data provides a free, collaboratively built map of aviation infrastructure across the Netherlands. The dataset includes airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged by volunteers. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more detailed than remote locations.

Use Cases

• Plan logistics and supply chain routes based on airport and runway locations.
• Model evacuation routing and aerial-response scenarios based on emergency landing site data.
• Analyze national aviation infrastructure coverage based on OSM-tagged aeroway features.

Strengths

• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types including airports, helipads, and runways.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Data is licensed under the open ODbL-1.0 license.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:47:30.229799; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands