Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)

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domestic airport international airport transport infrastructure

Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is the primary international and domestic airport serving the city of Melbourne, Australia.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Melbourne Airport	76
Melbourne Airport (Australia Pacific Airports Corporation)	4
Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) canonical	2
Melbourne Airport precinct	2
MEL (shared with Melbourne Airport)	1
Melbourne Airport (part)	1
Melbourne Airport car parks	1
Melbourne Airport opened at Tullamarine	1
Melbourne Airport passenger terminals	1
Melbourne Airport runway system	1
Melbourne Airport terminal complex	1
Melbourne Airport terminal precinct	1
Melbourne International Airport	1
Terminal 2 (Melbourne Airport)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T234966 — 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: Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)
Context triple: [Melbourne, hasAirport, Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)]

A. Newcastle Airport
Newcastle Airport is a major regional airport in New South Wales, Australia, serving the city of Newcastle and the surrounding Hunter Region with domestic and limited international flights.
B. Windsor International Airport
Windsor International Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Windsor and surrounding areas in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
C. Region of Waterloo International Airport
Region of Waterloo International Airport is a regional airport serving the Kitchener–Waterloo area in southern Ontario, Canada, offering domestic and limited international flights.
D. John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport is a regional Canadian airport serving the Hamilton area and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Region, known especially for its cargo operations and low-cost passenger flights.
E. Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport is a major international airport in Japan built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, serving as a key gateway to the Kansai region.
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: Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)
Target entity description: Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is the primary international and domestic airport serving the city of Melbourne, Australia.

A. Newcastle Airport
Newcastle Airport is a major regional airport in New South Wales, Australia, serving the city of Newcastle and the surrounding Hunter Region with domestic and limited international flights.
B. Windsor International Airport
Windsor International Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Windsor and surrounding areas in southwestern Ontario, Canada.
C. Region of Waterloo International Airport
Region of Waterloo International Airport is a regional airport serving the Kitchener–Waterloo area in southern Ontario, Canada, offering domestic and limited international flights.
D. John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport is a regional Canadian airport serving the Hamilton area and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Region, known especially for its cargo operations and low-cost passenger flights.
E. Kansai International Airport
Kansai International Airport is a major international airport in Japan built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, serving as a key gateway to the Kansai region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	domestic airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
alternativeName	Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) ⓘ Tullamarine Airport ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
distanceFromCityCentre	approximately 23 km northwest of Melbourne CBD ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	132 metres ⓘ
focusCityFor	Jetstar Airways ⓘ Rex Airlines ⓘ
hasFacility	airport hotels nearby ⓘ cargo terminal ⓘ long-term car parking ⓘ short-term car parking ⓘ
hasGroundTransport	SkyBus express bus ⓘ public bus routes ⓘ rideshare services ⓘ taxi services ⓘ
hasRunway	09/27 ⓘ 16/34 ⓘ
hasTerminal	Terminal 1 ⓘ Terminal 2 ⓘ Terminal 3 ⓘ Terminal 4 ⓘ
hubFor	Qantas ⓘ Virgin Australia ⓘ
IATAcode	MEL ⓘ
ICAOcode	YMML ⓘ
locatedIn	Tullamarine, Victoria ⓘ
locatedInRegion	State of Victoria ⓘ
numberOfTerminals	4 ⓘ
opened	1970 ⓘ
operator	Australia Pacific Airports Corporation ⓘ
owner	Australia Pacific Airports Corporation ⓘ
primaryRole	primary international airport for Melbourne ⓘ
replaced	Essendon Airport ⓘ
runway09_27Length	3657 metres ⓘ
runway09_27Surface	asphalt ⓘ
runway16_34Length	2286 metres ⓘ
runway16_34Surface	asphalt ⓘ
runwayCount	2 ⓘ
secondaryRole	primary domestic airport for Melbourne ⓘ
servesCity	Melbourne ⓘ
servesMetropolitanArea	Greater Melbourne ⓘ linked to: Melbourne
terminal1PrimaryUse	domestic flights ⓘ
terminal2PrimaryUse	international flights ⓘ
terminal3PrimaryUse	domestic flights ⓘ
terminal4PrimaryUse	low-cost domestic flights ⓘ
timezone	AEST ⓘ
timezoneDST	AEDT ⓘ
WMOcode	94866 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited