Niger Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure for Niger, exported from OpenStreetMap. The data includes features such as airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites, tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-14 and is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Assess aviation infrastructure coverage for logistics and supply chain modeling.
• Map helipad and heliport locations for aerial medical or disaster response planning.

Strengths

• Data is derived from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types including airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 and collaborative editing.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 21:22:28.684771

Geography

Niger