Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
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The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and operations within Switzerland.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) canonical | 3 |
| Swiss civil aviation authorities | 1 |
| Zurich Airport authorities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2298227 — 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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) Context triple: [Swiss International Air Lines, regulatesSafetyWith, Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)]
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A.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt is Germany’s federal civil aviation authority responsible for overseeing aviation safety, certification, and regulatory compliance.
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B.
Swiss customs administration
The Swiss customs administration is the federal authority responsible for overseeing customs, border control, and the enforcement of trade and fiscal regulations in Switzerland.
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C.
Swiss Air Force
The Swiss Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Switzerland's armed forces, responsible for the country's air defense and sovereignty.
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D.
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland is the staff office of the Swiss Federal Council, providing administrative support, coordination, and communication services for the federal government.
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E.
Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
- 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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) Target entity description: The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and operations within Switzerland.
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A.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt is Germany’s federal civil aviation authority responsible for overseeing aviation safety, certification, and regulatory compliance.
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B.
Swiss customs administration
The Swiss customs administration is the federal authority responsible for overseeing customs, border control, and the enforcement of trade and fiscal regulations in Switzerland.
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C.
Swiss Air Force
The Swiss Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of Switzerland's armed forces, responsible for the country's air defense and sovereignty.
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D.
Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland is the staff office of the Swiss Federal Council, providing administrative support, coordination, and communication services for the federal government.
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E.
Swiss Federal Roads Office
The Swiss Federal Roads Office is the national authority responsible for planning, regulating, and overseeing Switzerland’s motorway and national road network.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil aviation authority
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federal office of Switzerland ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
BAZL
ⓘ
OFAC ⓘ UFAC ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
ⓘ
linked to:
EASA
International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerOf | Swiss federal civil servants ⓘ |
| follows | International Civil Aviation Organization standards ⓘ |
| hasDuties | ensuring safe, secure and sustainable civil aviation in Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canton of Bern
ⓘ
linked to:
canton of Bern
Ittigen ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal authority ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Office fédéral de l’aviation civile ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Ufficio federale dell’aviazione civile ⓘ |
| oversees |
aviation security measures at Swiss airports
ⓘ
implementation of aviation safety management systems in Switzerland ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss federal administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss federal government
|
| regulates |
Swiss air carriers
ⓘ
Swiss-registered aircraft ⓘ air traffic management service providers in Switzerland ⓘ civil aerodromes in Switzerland ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
air navigation services oversight in Switzerland
ⓘ
certification of aerodromes in Switzerland ⓘ certification of airlines in Switzerland ⓘ civil aviation safety in Switzerland ⓘ civil aviation security in Switzerland ⓘ implementation of Swiss aviation policy ⓘ implementation of international civil aviation standards in Switzerland ⓘ licensing of aviation personnel in Switzerland ⓘ oversight of civil aviation operations in Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector |
aviation
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bazl.admin.ch/ ⓘ |
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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) Description of subject: The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and operations within Switzerland.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Swiss International Air Lines
→
regulatesSafetyWith
→
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
ⓘ
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
Swiss Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss
→
dataUsedBy
→
Swiss civil aviation authorities
ⓘ
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)