Sudan Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports for Sudan contain airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-09. Data completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely being more complete than remote areas.

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Map aviation logistics networks using the locations of airports, heliports, and runways.
• Coordinate aerial response efforts by identifying helipad and terminal infrastructure.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Explicitly includes emergency infrastructure tagged via the `emergency` key.
• Sourced from a well-known, collaborative mapping project (OpenStreetMap).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Completeness varies by region, with remote areas potentially being incomplete.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap, exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping data exported via OSM tags (`aeroway`, `building`, `emergency`).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-09 19:36:47.010329; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sudan