Uruguay Airports and Aviation Infrastructure from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports provide airports, heliports, runways, terminals, and emergency landing sites for Uruguay. Completeness varies by region, with urban areas likely better mapped than remote ones. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) maintains this export, last updated on 2026-05-15.

Use Cases

• Plan emergency evacuation routes based on airport and helipad locations.
• Analyze aviation logistics networks based on infrastructure like runways and terminals.
• Model aerial response capabilities based on the distribution of emergency landing sites.

Strengths

• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Includes a variety of aviation infrastructure types tagged via specific OSM keys (aeroway, building, emergency).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-collaborated mapping exported by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:04:24.913390; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uruguay