Wattay International Airport
E246570
Wattay International Airport is the main international gateway to Laos, serving the capital city of Vientiane with regional and limited long-haul flights.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wattay International Airport canonical | 9 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2257182 — 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: Wattay International Airport Context triple: [Vientiane, hasAirport, Wattay International Airport]
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A.
Don Mueang International Airport
Don Mueang International Airport is one of Bangkok’s main airports and a major hub for low-cost carriers serving domestic and regional flights in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Hat Yai International Airport
Hat Yai International Airport is a major international and domestic air gateway serving the city of Hat Yai and the wider southern region of Thailand.
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C.
Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport is Bangkok’s main international airport and one of Southeast Asia’s busiest aviation hubs.
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D.
U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport
U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport is a major international and military airport in eastern Thailand that serves as the primary air gateway for Pattaya and the surrounding Rayong region.
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E.
Nadi International Airport
Nadi International Airport is Fiji’s main international gateway and busiest airport, serving as the primary hub for international flights to and from the country.
- 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: Wattay International Airport Target entity description: Wattay International Airport is the main international gateway to Laos, serving the capital city of Vientiane with regional and limited long-haul flights.
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A.
Don Mueang International Airport
Don Mueang International Airport is one of Bangkok’s main airports and a major hub for low-cost carriers serving domestic and regional flights in Thailand and Southeast Asia.
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B.
Hat Yai International Airport
Hat Yai International Airport is a major international and domestic air gateway serving the city of Hat Yai and the wider southern region of Thailand.
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C.
Suvarnabhumi Airport
Suvarnabhumi Airport is Bangkok’s main international airport and one of Southeast Asia’s busiest aviation hubs.
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D.
U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport
U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport is a major international and military airport in eastern Thailand that serves as the primary air gateway for Pattaya and the surrounding Rayong region.
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E.
Nadi International Airport
Nadi International Airport is Fiji’s main international gateway and busiest airport, serving as the primary hub for international flights to and from the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| cityServed | Vientiane ⓘ |
| country | Laos ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
171 metres
ⓘ
561 feet ⓘ |
| focusCityFor | Lao Skyway ⓘ |
| hasCargoTerminal | cargo terminal ⓘ |
| hasCustoms | yes ⓘ |
| hasGroundTransport |
buses
ⓘ
car parking area ⓘ taxis ⓘ |
| hasImmigration | yes ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
NDB
ⓘ
VOR/DME ⓘ instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasPassengerFacilities |
duty-free shops
ⓘ
lounges ⓘ restaurants ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 13/31 ⓘ |
| hasTerminal |
domestic terminal
ⓘ
international terminal ⓘ |
| hubFor | Lao Airlines ⓘ |
| IATAcode | VTE ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VLVT ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Laos
ⓘ
Vientiane ⓘ Vientiane Prefecture ⓘ
linked to:
Vientiane
|
| nearbyBorder |
Laos–Thailand border
ⓘ
linked to:
Laos border
|
| nearbyRiver | Mekong River ⓘ |
| offersServiceType |
domestic flights
ⓘ
limited long-haul flights ⓘ regional international flights ⓘ |
| operator | Government of Laos ⓘ |
| runwayLength | 3000 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesAs |
base for Lao military and government flights
ⓘ
main international gateway to Laos ⓘ primary airport for Vientiane ⓘ |
| servesCity | Vientiane ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Vientiane Capital Prefecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Vientiane
central Laos ⓘ |
| timezone | Indochina Time ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +7 ⓘ |
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: Wattay International Airport Description of subject: Wattay International Airport is the main international gateway to Laos, serving the capital city of Vientiane with regional and limited long-haul flights.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.