Shimla Airport
E336193
Shimla Airport is a small domestic airport in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh that serves the hill station city of Shimla and its surrounding region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shimla Airport canonical | 2 |
| Shimla Airport (Jubbarhatti) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3192011 — 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: Shimla Airport Context triple: [Shimla, hasAirport, Shimla Airport]
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A.
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar International Airport is the main air gateway to the Kashmir Valley in India, serving domestic and limited international flights for the city of Srinagar.
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B.
Cooch Behar Airport
Cooch Behar Airport is a small domestic airport serving the town of Cooch Behar and surrounding areas in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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C.
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Nanded in Maharashtra, India, named in honor of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
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D.
Bareilly Airport
Bareilly Airport is a domestic airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving the city of Bareilly with regional commercial flights and also functioning as an Indian Air Force base.
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E.
Maharana Pratap Airport
Maharana Pratap Airport is the main domestic airport serving the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- 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: Shimla Airport Target entity description: Shimla Airport is a small domestic airport in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh that serves the hill station city of Shimla and its surrounding region.
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A.
Srinagar International Airport
Srinagar International Airport is the main air gateway to the Kashmir Valley in India, serving domestic and limited international flights for the city of Srinagar.
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B.
Cooch Behar Airport
Cooch Behar Airport is a small domestic airport serving the town of Cooch Behar and surrounding areas in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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C.
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport
Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Nanded in Maharashtra, India, named in honor of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.
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D.
Bareilly Airport
Bareilly Airport is a domestic airport in Uttar Pradesh, India, serving the city of Bareilly with regional commercial flights and also functioning as an Indian Air Force base.
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E.
Maharana Pratap Airport
Maharana Pratap Airport is the main domestic airport serving the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
domestic airport ⓘ |
| category |
airports in Himachal Pradesh
ⓘ
transport in Shimla ⓘ |
| cityServed | Shimla ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | north India ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCentre | about 22 km from Shimla ⓘ |
| elevation |
about 1,546 metres
ⓘ
about 5,072 feet ⓘ |
| hasApproachType | visual approach dependent on weather ⓘ |
| hasChallenge |
aircraft weight restrictions
ⓘ
weather-related operational constraints ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
apron for small aircraft
ⓘ
passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasServiceType | scheduled domestic air service ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SLV ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VISM ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Himachal Pradesh
ⓘ
Himalayan foothills ⓘ Shimla district ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Jubbarhatti ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Shimla hill station
ⓘ
linked to:
Shimla
|
| notableFeature |
short runway
ⓘ
tabletop runway characteristics ⓘ |
| operator | Airports Authority of India ⓘ |
| primaryUse | domestic flights ⓘ |
| region | northern India ⓘ |
| role | gateway to Shimla by air ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 14/32 ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
about 1,230 metres
ⓘ
about 4,035 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Shimla
ⓘ
surrounding region of Shimla ⓘ |
| servesPopulation |
residents of Shimla
ⓘ
tourists visiting Shimla ⓘ |
| servesTourism |
Shimla hill station
ⓘ
linked to:
Shimla
|
| stateCapitalServed | Shimla ⓘ |
| terrain | hilly terrain ⓘ |
| timezone | IST ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shimla Airport Description of subject: Shimla Airport is a small domestic airport in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh that serves the hill station city of Shimla and its surrounding region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Shimla Airport