Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center
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Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center is a Federal Aviation Administration facility responsible for managing and coordinating en route air traffic over a large portion of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center canonical | 3 |
| Washington ARTCC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T164472 — 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: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center Context triple: [KIAD, isPartOfAirspaceRegion, Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center]
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A.
North American Aerospace Defense Command
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi-national United States–Canadian military organization responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America.
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B.
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is a major international airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive global flight network and iconic Eero Saarinen–designed terminal.
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C.
Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
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D.
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Southern California known as a primary site for flight testing, aerospace research, and historic aviation milestones.
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E.
Moffett Field, California
Moffett Field, California is a historic U.S. naval air station and aerospace hub in the San Francisco Bay Area, best known today as the site of NASA’s Ames Research Center.
- 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: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center Target entity description: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center is a Federal Aviation Administration facility responsible for managing and coordinating en route air traffic over a large portion of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
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A.
North American Aerospace Defense Command
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) is a bi-national United States–Canadian military organization responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America.
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B.
Washington Dulles International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport is a major international airport serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, known for its extensive global flight network and iconic Eero Saarinen–designed terminal.
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C.
Andersen Air Force Base
Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
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D.
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Southern California known as a primary site for flight testing, aerospace research, and historic aviation milestones.
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E.
Moffett Field, California
Moffett Field, California is a historic U.S. naval air station and aerospace hub in the San Francisco Bay Area, best known today as the site of NASA’s Ames Research Center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Air Route Traffic Control Center
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Federal Aviation Administration facility ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Air traffic control centers in the United States
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Aviation infrastructure in the United States ⓘ |
| communicationType |
ground-to-air radio
ⓘ
inter-facility landline coordination ⓘ |
| controls |
instrument flight rules traffic
ⓘ
visual flight rules traffic ⓘ |
| controlsPhaseOfFlight | en route phase ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
airport control towers
ⓘ
terminal radar approach control facilities ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| employs |
air traffic controllers
ⓘ
technical operations personnel ⓘ traffic management coordinators ⓘ |
| governingBody | United States Department of Transportation ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Federal Aviation Regulations ⓘ |
| handles |
arrivals descending from cruise altitude
ⓘ
departures climbing to cruise altitude ⓘ overflights through its airspace ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Washington ARTCC
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linked to:
Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center
|
| hasRole |
ensuring safe separation of aircraft
ⓘ
managing air traffic flow ⓘ providing air traffic advisories ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United States East Coast region ⓘ |
| mission |
maintain safe and orderly flow of air traffic
ⓘ
prevent collisions between aircraft ⓘ provide support for national airspace efficiency ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Air Traffic Organization ⓘ |
| operator | Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ |
| partOf |
National Airspace System
ⓘ
United States air traffic control system ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | en route air traffic control ⓘ |
| regionServed |
mid-Atlantic region of the United States
ⓘ
parts of the Eastern United States ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating en route air traffic
ⓘ
managing en route air traffic ⓘ |
| safetyObjective |
maintain required separation minima between aircraft
ⓘ
manage traffic during adverse weather ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Organization
ⓘ
linked to:
Air Traffic Organization
|
| typeOfTrafficControlled |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ |
| uses |
air traffic management automation systems
ⓘ
radar systems ⓘ radio communications ⓘ |
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: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center Description of subject: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center is a Federal Aviation Administration facility responsible for managing and coordinating en route air traffic over a large portion of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center