Airports and Aviation Infrastructure for Réunion from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Réunion contain airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency`. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-14. Completeness of the underlying OpenStreetMap data varies by region, with urban areas usually well-mapped and remote areas potentially incomplete.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Model logistics networks using aviation infrastructure data.
• Coordinate aerial emergency response based on mapped runways and landing sites.
• Analyze regional aviation facility coverage for infrastructure planning.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• The dataset is explicitly tagged for aviation infrastructure using the OpenStreetMap `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency` keys.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-05-14 23:21:02.085853.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 23:21:02.085853

Geography

Réunion