UAE Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

United Arab Emirates airports and aviation infrastructure exported from OpenStreetMap. The dataset includes features such as airports, heliports, helipads, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites, tagged via `aeroway`, `building`, or `emergency` keys. It was last updated on 2026-05-13 by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Use Cases

• Plan evacuation routes based on the locations of airports and emergency landing sites.
• Optimize logistics networks using the spatial distribution of airports and helipads.
• Assess aviation infrastructure coverage for aerial-response planning based on runway and terminal locations.

Strengths

• Covers multiple aviation infrastructure types including airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Last updated on 2026-05-13, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; remote areas may be incomplete as noted in the OSM description.
• 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 exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

2026-05-13

Geography

United Arab Emirates