Papua New Guinea Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of airports and aviation infrastructure in Papua New Guinea, last updated on 2026-05-14. The dataset includes features such as airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites, tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is useful for logistics, evacuation routing, and aerial-response planning.

Use Cases

• Plan humanitarian aid delivery and evacuation routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Analyze aviation infrastructure coverage for remote area accessibility assessments.
• Support aerial-response planning for natural disasters using emergency landing site data.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation infrastructure types such as airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Covers the specific geography of Papua New Guinea.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, and GEOJSON.

Limitations

• Completeness of mapping varies by region, with remote areas likely being less complete than urban areas.
• 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 via the OpenStreetMap platform, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 22:46:23.343427

Geography

Papua New Guinea