Southend Airport
E16896
Southend Airport is a regional international airport in Essex, England, serving the London area with passenger and cargo flights.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| London Southend Airport | 24 |
| Southend Airport canonical | 9 |
| Newcastle Airport | 1 |
| Southend Municipal Airport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90506 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southend Airport Context triple: [London, hasAirport, Southend Airport]
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A.
Luton Airport
Luton Airport is a major international airport north of London that serves as a key hub for low-cost airlines and short-haul European flights.
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B.
Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport is a major international airport serving the London area, particularly known as a hub for low-cost and European short-haul flights.
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C.
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
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D.
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major global aviation hub for London.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southend Airport Target entity description: Southend Airport is a regional international airport in Essex, England, serving the London area with passenger and cargo flights.
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A.
Luton Airport
Luton Airport is a major international airport north of London that serves as a key hub for low-cost airlines and short-haul European flights.
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B.
Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport is a major international airport serving the London area, particularly known as a hub for low-cost and European short-haul flights.
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C.
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
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D.
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
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E.
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major global aviation hub for London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ railway station ⓘ regional airport ⓘ runway ⓘ |
| cityServed |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Southend-on-Sea ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceFromCentralLondon |
approximately 36 miles
ⓘ
approximately 58 kilometres ⓘ |
| elevation |
15 metres
ⓘ
49 feet ⓘ |
| formerName |
RAF Rochford
ⓘ
Southend Municipal Airport ⓘ
linked to:
Southend Airport
|
| hasApron |
cargo aircraft stands
ⓘ
passenger aircraft stands ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
cargo handling facilities ⓘ fire and rescue service ⓘ general aviation facilities ⓘ instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
NDB
ⓘ
VOR/DME ⓘ |
| hasRailwayStation | Southend Airport railway station ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 05/23 ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasUse |
cargo flights
ⓘ
general aviation ⓘ passenger flights ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://southendairport.com ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SEN ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGMC ⓘ |
| length | 1856 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Essex ⓘ Rochford District ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Shenfield–Southend Line ⓘ |
| marketingName |
London Southend Airport
ⓘ
linked to:
Southend Airport
|
| opened | 1914 ⓘ |
| operator | London Southend Airport Company Limited ⓘ |
| owner | Esken Limited ⓘ |
| regionServed | East of England ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation | 050/230 degrees ⓘ |
| serves |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
Southend-on-Sea ⓘ |
| surface | asphalt ⓘ |
| timezone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
First World War
ⓘ
linked to:
World War I
Second World War ⓘ
linked to:
World War II
|
| usesDaylightSavingTime | British Summer Time ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Southend Airport Description of subject: Southend Airport is a regional international airport in Essex, England, serving the London area with passenger and cargo flights.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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London, England
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subject linked to:
London (approximate, inferred from National Theatre work)
linked to: Southend Airport