Heraklion International Airport
E345672
Heraklion International Airport is the main international gateway to the island of Crete in Greece, serving as a major hub for tourism and seasonal charter flights in the eastern Mediterranean.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heraklion International Airport canonical | 3 |
| Heraklion Airport | 1 |
| Heraklion International Airport "Nikos Kazantzakis" | 1 |
| Heraklion International Airport Nikos Kazantzakis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3311669 — 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: Heraklion International Airport Context triple: [Heraklion, hasAirport, Heraklion International Airport]
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A.
Skyros Island National Airport
Skyros Island National Airport is a small regional airport in Greece that serves the island of Skyros with domestic flights and seasonal tourist traffic.
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B.
Zakynthos International Airport
Zakynthos International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Greek island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea, handling domestic and international tourist flights.
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C.
Ellinikon International Airport
Ellinikon International Airport was the former main airport of Athens, Greece, which operated for much of the 20th century before being closed and redeveloped after the opening of Athens International Airport.
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D.
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos is the main international gateway to Greece and the largest airport serving the Athens metropolitan area.
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E.
Corfu International Airport
Corfu International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Greek island of Corfu, providing domestic and international connections for the Ionian Islands 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: Heraklion International Airport Target entity description: Heraklion International Airport is the main international gateway to the island of Crete in Greece, serving as a major hub for tourism and seasonal charter flights in the eastern Mediterranean.
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A.
Skyros Island National Airport
Skyros Island National Airport is a small regional airport in Greece that serves the island of Skyros with domestic flights and seasonal tourist traffic.
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B.
Zakynthos International Airport
Zakynthos International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Greek island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea, handling domestic and international tourist flights.
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C.
Ellinikon International Airport
Ellinikon International Airport was the former main airport of Athens, Greece, which operated for much of the 20th century before being closed and redeveloped after the opening of Athens International Airport.
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D.
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos is the main international gateway to Greece and the largest airport serving the Athens metropolitan area.
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E.
Corfu International Airport
Corfu International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Greek island of Corfu, providing domestic and international connections for the Ionian Islands region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Heraklion International Airport Nikos Kazantzakis
ⓘ
linked to:
Heraklion International Airport
Nikos Kazantzakis Airport ⓘ |
| country | Greece ⓘ |
| hasFunction | civil aviation ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasNearbyAttraction |
Heraklion city center
ⓘ
linked to:
Heraklion
Minoan Palace of Knossos ⓘ
linked to:
Knossos
northern coast of Crete ⓘ |
| hasPassengerService |
Schengen flights
ⓘ
non-Schengen flights ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | leisure travel ⓘ |
| hasRole |
major hub for seasonal charter flights
ⓘ
primary international airport for Crete ⓘ |
| hasRunwayOrientation | 09/27 ⓘ |
| hasSeasonalTrafficPattern | highly seasonal passenger volumes ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryUse | domestic business travel ⓘ |
| hasTerminalType | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
bus services to Heraklion
ⓘ
road links to Heraklion city ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commercial aviation
ⓘ
general aviation (limited) ⓘ |
| IATAcode | HER ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | LGIR ⓘ |
| isBusySeason | summer ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
Greek tourism industry
ⓘ
economy of Crete ⓘ |
| isLocatedInBodyOfWaterRegion | eastern Mediterranean ⓘ |
| isMainGatewayTo | Crete ⓘ |
| isMajorGatewayFor |
eastern Mediterranean tourism
ⓘ
tourism in Crete ⓘ |
| isOneOf | busiest airports in Greece ⓘ |
| isOperatedBy | Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Heraklion ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Crete ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
island of Crete
ⓘ
linked to:
Crete
|
| namedAfter | Nikos Kazantzakis ⓘ |
| numberOfRunways | 1 ⓘ |
| operatesInTimeZone |
Eastern European Summer Time
ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesAirlinesType |
charter airlines
ⓘ
scheduled airlines ⓘ |
| servesCity | Heraklion ⓘ |
| servesCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
island of Crete
ⓘ
linked to:
Crete
|
| servesTrafficType |
domestic passenger traffic
ⓘ
international passenger traffic ⓘ |
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: Heraklion International Airport Description of subject: Heraklion International Airport is the main international gateway to the island of Crete in Greece, serving as a major hub for tourism and seasonal charter flights in the eastern Mediterranean.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Heraklion International Airport
linked to: Heraklion International Airport
Heraklion International Airport
→
alternativeName
→
Heraklion International Airport Nikos Kazantzakis
ⓘ
linked to: Heraklion International Airport