Hualien Air Base

E343796

air force base military air base

Hualien Air Base is a major military airfield on Taiwan’s east coast that serves as a key operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hualien Air Base canonical	1
Hualien Air Force Base	1
Hualien Military Air Base	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3219024 — 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: Hualien Air Base
Context triple: [Republic of China Air Force, garrison, Hualien Air Base]

A. Chiayi Air Base
Chiayi Air Base is a major military airfield in Chiayi, Taiwan, serving as an important operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.
B. Hsinchu Air Base
Hsinchu Air Base is a major military airfield in Hsinchu, Taiwan, serving as an important operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.
C. Penghu Airport
Penghu Airport is a regional airport in Taiwan serving the Penghu (Pescadores) archipelago with domestic flights and acting as its main air transportation hub.
D. Gando Air Base
Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
E. Kinmen Airport
Kinmen Airport is a regional airport in Kinmen, Taiwan, serving as the main air gateway connecting the outlying islands with major cities on the Taiwanese mainland.
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: Hualien Air Base
Target entity description: Hualien Air Base is a major military airfield on Taiwan’s east coast that serves as a key operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.

A. Chiayi Air Base
Chiayi Air Base is a major military airfield in Chiayi, Taiwan, serving as an important operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.
B. Hsinchu Air Base
Hsinchu Air Base is a major military airfield in Hsinchu, Taiwan, serving as an important operational hub for the Republic of China Air Force.
C. Penghu Airport
Penghu Airport is a regional airport in Taiwan serving the Penghu (Pescadores) archipelago with domestic flights and acting as its main air transportation hub.
D. Gando Air Base
Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
E. Kinmen Airport
Kinmen Airport is a regional airport in Kinmen, Taiwan, serving as the main air gateway connecting the outlying islands with major cities on the Taiwanese mainland.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force base ⓘ military air base ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Hualien Air Force Base ⓘ linked to: Hualien Air Base Hualien Military Air Base ⓘ linked to: Hualien Air Base
basedUnit	5th Tactical Composite Wing ⓘ ROCAF fighter squadrons ⓘ
coLocatedWith	civilian airport facilities ⓘ
controlledBy	Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
garrison	Republic of China Air Force 5th Tactical Composite Wing ⓘ linked to: Republic of China Air Force
hasElevation	about 16 meters ⓘ about 52 feet ⓘ
hasFunction	support of air patrol missions ⓘ support of air superiority missions ⓘ support of training sorties ⓘ
hasIATAcode	HUN ⓘ
hasICAOcode	RCYU ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	fuel storage facilities ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ munitions storage facilities ⓘ
hasRole	frontline air base ⓘ strategic dispersal base ⓘ
hasRunway	03/21 ⓘ
locatedIn	Hualien County ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan, Province of China
locatedOn	east coast of Taiwan ⓘ
nearbyCity	Hualien City ⓘ
operatedBy	Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
partOf	air defense network of Taiwan ⓘ linked to: Taiwan air defense network
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
servesAs	key operational hub for Republic of China Air Force ⓘ
sharesFacilitiesWith	Hualien Airport ⓘ
strategicImportance	protects eastern approaches to Taiwan ⓘ supports air operations over western Pacific ⓘ
timezone	UTC+8 ⓘ
usedBy	military aircraft ⓘ
usedFor	air defense ⓘ fighter operations ⓘ training ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Republic of China Air Force → garrison → Hualien Air Base ⓘ

Hualien Air Base → alsoKnownAs → Hualien Air Force Base ⓘ

linked to: Hualien Air Base

Hualien Air Base → alsoKnownAs → Hualien Military Air Base ⓘ