Puerto Rico Airport and Helipad Locations from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap data for Puerto Rico includes features tagged as airports, aerodromes, and helipads. The dataset is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and was last updated on 2026-03-03. It contains attributes such as name, aeroway type, building type, emergency designation, and address information.

Use Cases

• Map airport and helipad locations based on the 'aeroway' and 'emergency' tags.
• Analyze facility operator types based on the 'operator:type' attribute.
• Assess potential capacity of facilities using the 'capacity:persons' field.
• Geocode facility addresses using the 'addr:full' and 'addr:city' columns.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from OpenStreetMap, a collaborative, open-source mapping project.
• Includes multiple geospatial file formats: GEOJSON, SHP, GEOPACKAGE, KML.
• Attributes cover names in English and Spanish ('name:en', 'name:es'), addressing multilingual contexts.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Freshness should be verified; last update was 2026-03-03 09:30:17.775011.

Provenance

Source

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

Collection Method

Export of OpenStreetMap features matching specific tag filters.

Time Range

Snapshot as of the last update date; temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-03 09:30:17.775011

Geography

Puerto Rico