Airports and Aviation Infrastructure of Somalia from OpenStreetMap

Somalia's aviation infrastructure, including airports, heliports, runways, and emergency landing sites, tagged via OpenStreetMap keys. The data is sourced from OpenStreetMap and compiled by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). It was last updated on 2026-06-22.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Model logistics networks using the spatial distribution of aviation infrastructure.
• Assess coverage gaps for aerial response by identifying sparse mapping in remote areas.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, SHP, KML, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map.
• Last updated on 2026-06-22.

Limitations

• Coverage reflects volunteer mapper activity, so remote areas may be sparse.
• 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 mapping via OpenStreetMap tags `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-22.

Geography

Somalia