Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is a major United States Marine Corps aviation facility and one of the largest Marine air stations, supporting fixed-wing and rotary-wing operations along the East Coast.
All labels observed (4)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1053158 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Context triple: [North Carolina, containsMilitaryBase, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point]
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A.
Marine Corps Air Station New River
Marine Corps Air Station New River is a major United States Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aviation facility located near Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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B.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a major U.S. Marine Corps installation in North Carolina known for its extensive amphibious warfare and combat training operations.
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C.
Naval Air Station Oceana
Naval Air Station Oceana is a major U.S. Navy master jet base and one of the Navy’s primary East Coast air stations, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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D.
Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Charleston is a major U.S. military installation that supports Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other Department of Defense operations in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
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E.
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is a major U.S. Marine Corps installation in Southern California that serves as a primary amphibious and ground combat training center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Target entity description: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is a major United States Marine Corps aviation facility and one of the largest Marine air stations, supporting fixed-wing and rotary-wing operations along the East Coast.
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A.
Marine Corps Air Station New River
Marine Corps Air Station New River is a major United States Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aviation facility located near Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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B.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a major U.S. Marine Corps installation in North Carolina known for its extensive amphibious warfare and combat training operations.
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C.
Naval Air Station Oceana
Naval Air Station Oceana is a major U.S. Navy master jet base and one of the Navy’s primary East Coast air stations, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Joint Base Charleston
Joint Base Charleston is a major U.S. military installation that supports Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and other Department of Defense operations in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
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Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is a major U.S. Marine Corps installation in Southern California that serves as a primary amphibious and ground combat training center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Marine Corps air station
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military air base ⓘ |
| branch |
United States Marine Corps Aviation
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Marine Corps aviation units
|
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 29 feet ⓘ |
| FAAIdentifier | NKT ⓘ |
| garrison | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
24-hour operations
ⓘ
all-weather flight operations ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure | multiple long runways suitable for heavy aircraft ⓘ |
| hasType | joint civil-military airfield ⓘ |
| hostsFacility | Fleet Readiness Center East ⓘ |
| hostsUnit |
Marine Air Control Group 28
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Marine Aircraft Group 14 ⓘ Marine Wing Support Group 27 ⓘ various tenant squadrons ⓘ |
| IATACode | NKT ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | KNKT ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Craven County, North Carolina
ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| location | Havelock, North Carolina ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| namedAfter | nearby Cherry Point area ⓘ |
| operator | United States Marine Corps ⓘ |
| partOf |
II Marine Expeditionary Force
ⓘ
Marine Corps Installations East ⓘ |
| role |
support East Coast Marine aviation
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support Marine expeditionary forces ⓘ support aviation logistics ⓘ support fixed-wing operations ⓘ support rotary-wing operations ⓘ support tiltrotor operations ⓘ |
| runway |
Runway 05L/23R
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Runway 05R/23L ⓘ Runway 14/32 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface |
asphalt
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concrete ⓘ |
| serves |
Marine Corps aviation units on the East Coast
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United States national defense ⓘ |
| significance | one of the largest Marine Corps air stations ⓘ |
| supportsUnit |
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing
ⓘ
Fleet Readiness Center East ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
maintenance and overhaul of military aircraft
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operational deployments ⓘ training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Description of subject: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point is a major United States Marine Corps aviation facility and one of the largest Marine air stations, supporting fixed-wing and rotary-wing operations along the East Coast.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Havelock, North Carolina
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nearestMajorMilitaryInstallation
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Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
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linked to: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
Carteret County, North Carolina
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contains
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Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station (vicinity / influence area)
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linked to: Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point