Sabiha Gokcen International Airport

E31957

commercial airport international airport transport infrastructure

Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is Istanbul’s secondary international airport on the Asian side of the city, serving as a major hub for low-cost and regional flights.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport	13
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport	8
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Investment Development and Operation Inc.	1
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport canonical	1
Sabiha Gökçen Airport	1
İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T236001 — 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: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Context triple: [Istanbul, hasAirport, Sabiha Gokcen International Airport]

A. Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport is a major international aviation hub in Turkey that serves as one of the world’s busiest airports and a primary base for Turkish Airlines.
B. Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab Airport is the main international airport serving the Alexandria region in northern Egypt, handling both domestic and international flights.
C. Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
D. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
E. Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport is Egypt’s busiest and largest airport, serving as the primary international gateway to Cairo and a major hub for air travel in the Middle East and Africa.
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: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Target entity description: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is Istanbul’s secondary international airport on the Asian side of the city, serving as a major hub for low-cost and regional flights.

A. Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport is a major international aviation hub in Turkey that serves as one of the world’s busiest airports and a primary base for Turkish Airlines.
B. Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab Airport is the main international airport serving the Alexandria region in northern Egypt, handling both domestic and international flights.
C. Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
D. Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
E. Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport is Egypt’s busiest and largest airport, serving as the primary international gateway to Cairo and a major hub for air travel in the Middle East and Africa.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
cityServed	Istanbul ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
distanceFromCityCenter	approximately 35 km southeast of central Istanbul ⓘ
hasFacility	airport hotels ⓘ cargo terminal ⓘ parking garages ⓘ
hasOfficialNameInTurkish	İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı ⓘ linked to: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
hasPassengerTerminal	single terminal complex ⓘ
hasPublicTransportConnection	bus services ⓘ shuttle services ⓘ taxis ⓘ
hasRole	major hub for low-cost carriers ⓘ secondary international gateway to Istanbul ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 06/24 ⓘ
hasRunwayOrientation	060°/240° ⓘ
hasTerminal	domestic terminal ⓘ international terminal ⓘ
hasTypeOfTraffic	cargo ⓘ passenger ⓘ
hasUse	civil aviation ⓘ
IATAcode	SAW ⓘ
ICAOcode	LTFJ ⓘ
isOneOfMainAirportsOf	Istanbul ⓘ
isPartOf	Istanbul air transport network ⓘ
isSecondaryAirportOf	Istanbul ⓘ
locatedIn	Asian side of Istanbul ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ Pendik ⓘ linked to: Kadıköy
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Istanbul Province ⓘ
namedAfter	Sabiha Gökçen ⓘ
namedForOccupationOfEponym	first female combat pilot ⓘ
opened	2001 ⓘ
operator	Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Investment Development and Operation Inc. ⓘ linked to: Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
serves	low-cost airlines ⓘ regional flights ⓘ
servesAsBaseFor	AJet ⓘ AnadoluJet ⓘ linked to: Turkish Airlines
servesAsHubFor	Pegasus Airlines ⓘ
servesMetropolitanArea	Istanbul metropolitan area ⓘ linked to: Istanbul
servesRegion	Marmara Region ⓘ
timezone	TRT ⓘ
UTCoffset	+03:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Istanbul → hasAirport → Sabiha Gokcen International Airport ⓘ

Sabiha Gokcen International Airport → hasOfficialNameInTurkish → İstanbul Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı ⓘ