South Sudan Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

Airports and aviation infrastructure in South Sudan exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-15 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Map logistics networks for aid delivery using the locations of airports and helipads.
• Assess aviation infrastructure coverage for development planning based on the tagged aeroway features.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation infrastructure types (airports, heliports, runways, terminals, emergency sites).
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats (GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON).
• Data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL-1.0).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incompletely mapped.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:24:56.129680; freshness should be verified.

Geography

South Sudan