Sri Lankan Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide airports, heliports, runways, and terminals for Sri Lanka. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) compiled this data, last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Plan emergency evacuation routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Analyze aviation infrastructure density for logistics network development.
• Identify potential emergency landing sites for aerial-response planning.
• Cross-reference OSM-derived airport data with local field knowledge for critical decisions.

Strengths

• Includes multiple aviation infrastructure types: airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete.
• 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 data exported via tags for `aeroway`, `building`, and `emergency`.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:44:27.356134; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sri Lanka