Ukraine Aviation Infrastructure: OpenStreetMap Export of Airports and Helipads

Ukraine aviation infrastructure data exported from OpenStreetMap by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) as of March 2026. It covers airports, aerodromes, and emergency landing sites across the country, provided in multiple geospatial formats including SHP and GeoJSON.

Use Cases

• Mapping emergency response locations using 'emergency:helipad' and 'emergency' tags
• Analyzing aviation infrastructure distribution via 'aeroway' classifications
• Geocoding and localizing facilities using 'addr:city' and 'name:uk' columns

Strengths

• Includes multilingual labels in English and Ukrainian
• Available in four geospatial formats: SHP, GEOJSON, GEOPACKAGE, and KML
• Captures specialized emergency landing sites and helipads often omitted from standard transport datasets

Limitations

• Crowdsourced data may contain variations in attribute accuracy compared to official civil aviation registries
• Geographic scope is strictly limited to the borders of Ukraine

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap contributors

Collection Method

Crowdsourced geospatial data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) toolset

Freshness

Updated as of March 2026.

Geography

Ukraine