Key:aeroway

Description

For physical infrastructure used to support aircraft, air travel, spacecraft and space flight. Error creating thumbnail:

Group: aeroways

Used on these elements

Documented values: 34

Useful combination

iata=*
icao=*

Status: de facto

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See also: Aeroways

aeroway=* is a top-level tag for physical infrastructure supporting aircraft and spacecraft travel. For further details on how to create aeroway features and how they are presented, see Aeroways.

Values

Aviation

Key	Value	Comment
aeroway	aerodrome	Error creating thumbnail: Aerodrome in the United Kingdom or Airport in North America is used to map the main area details (other than helicopters only).
aeroway	airstrip	A field or area where light aircraft can land and take off from.
aeroway	apron	Error creating thumbnail: Airport apron is an area where planes are parked, unloaded or loaded, refuelled, or boarded.
aeroway	control_center	Error creating thumbnail: Control center (in the US referred to as air route traffic control center (ARTCC)) is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft en route in a particular volume of airspace (a Flight Information Region) at high altitudes between airport approaches and departures.
aeroway	fuel	Fuelling station for aircraft.
aeroway	gate	Error creating thumbnail: Airport gate is used to mark the gate numbers at the airports where passengers wait before boarding their flight.
aeroway	hangar	Error creating thumbnail: Hangar is a structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft.
aeroway	helipad	Error creating thumbnail: Helipad is used to mark the landing area or platform for Helicopters
aeroway	heliport	Error creating thumbnail: Heliport is used to map the main area details for helicopters.
aeroway	highway_strip	Error creating thumbnail: Highway strip is a designated landing strip that is normally used as a part of a highway, but is closed for aeroplane landing either because of a military exercise or an emergency.
aeroway	holding_position	A point behind which aircraft are considered clear of a crossing way
aeroway	jet_bridge	Passenger boarding bridge
aeroway	model_runway	Take-off and landing runway for model aircraft
aeroway	navigationaid	A facility that supports visual navigation for aircraft
airmark	beacon	Error creating thumbnail: Radio navigation aid is used to mark systems that determine a position on the Earth which helps pilots guide their aircraft during flight.
aeroway	parking_position	A location where an aeroplane can park
aeroway	runway	Error creating thumbnail: Runway is a rectangular area in which aerodrome are prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft.
aeroway	spaceport	A spaceport or cosmodrome: a site for launching or receiving spacecraft
aeroway	stopway	Stopway is a rectangular surface beyond the end of a runway used during an aborted takeoff.
aeroway	taxilane	Taxilane is a path in an airport that is part of the aircraft parking area or apron (Proposed feature with low usage as of 2015-10; use with an eye towards the question correct usage).
aeroway	taxiway	Error creating thumbnail: Taxiway is a path on an airport connecting runways with ramps, hangars, terminals and other facilities.
aeroway	terminal	Error creating thumbnail: Airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from aircraft.
aeroway	tower	Error creating thumbnail: Control tower is a tall, windowed structure located on the airport grounds. See also `aeroway=control_tower` or combination of `man_made=tower` + `service=aircraft_control` for similar schemes.
aeroway	windsock	Error creating thumbnail: Windsock is designed to indicate wind direction and relative wind speed.
aeroway	User defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo