Federal Office of Civil Aviation
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The Federal Office of Civil Aviation is Switzerland’s national aviation authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and infrastructure.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt | 6 |
| Office fédéral de l’aviation civile | 6 |
| Federal Office of Civil Aviation canonical | 4 |
| Federal Office for Civil Aviation | 2 |
| Swiss aviation authorities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3651076 — 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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation Context triple: [Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, oversees, Federal Office of Civil Aviation]
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A.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is India’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating air transport services, enforcing aviation safety standards, and overseeing aircraft and pilot certification.
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B.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt is Germany’s federal civil aviation authority responsible for overseeing aviation safety, certification, and regulatory compliance.
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C.
Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil
The Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil is Mexico’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating and overseeing the safety and operation of the country’s air transport system.
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D.
Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating airline routes, fares, and accident investigations before its key functions were reassigned and it was ultimately dissolved.
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E.
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
The Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil is Chile’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating, supervising, and overseeing the country’s civil aviation activities and air safety.
- 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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation Target entity description: The Federal Office of Civil Aviation is Switzerland’s national aviation authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and infrastructure.
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A.
Directorate General of Civil Aviation
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is India’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating air transport services, enforcing aviation safety standards, and overseeing aircraft and pilot certification.
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B.
Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
The Luftfahrt-Bundesamt is Germany’s federal civil aviation authority responsible for overseeing aviation safety, certification, and regulatory compliance.
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C.
Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil
The Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil is Mexico’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating and overseeing the safety and operation of the country’s air transport system.
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D.
Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating airline routes, fares, and accident investigations before its key functions were reassigned and it was ultimately dissolved.
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E.
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
The Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil is Chile’s national civil aviation authority responsible for regulating, supervising, and overseeing the country’s civil aviation activities and air safety.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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national aviation authority ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
European Union Aviation Safety Agency
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linked to:
EASA
International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ |
| compliesWith | International Civil Aviation Organization standards ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| governmentLevel | federal ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Switzerland ⓘ |
| languageVariantName |
Bundesamt für Zivilluftfahrt
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Office fédéral de l’aviation civile ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Office of Civil Aviation
Ufficio federale dell’aviazione civile ⓘ Uffizi federal d’aviaziun civila ⓘ
linked to:
Ufficio federale dell’aviazione civile
|
| locatedIn |
Bern
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| mandate |
ensure safe and sustainable development of civil aviation in Switzerland
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protect interests of society and the environment in aviation matters ⓘ |
| oversees |
Swiss air carriers
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Swiss air navigation service providers ⓘ Swiss airports ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications ⓘ |
| partOf |
Swiss federal administration
ⓘ
linked to:
federal office of the Swiss Confederation
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| regulates | Swiss civil aviation sector ⓘ |
| responsibility |
air operations oversight
ⓘ
airport supervision ⓘ airworthiness oversight ⓘ certification of airlines and operators ⓘ civil aviation safety ⓘ civil aviation security ⓘ implementation of international aviation standards ⓘ licensing of aviation personnel ⓘ oversight of air navigation services ⓘ oversight of aviation infrastructure ⓘ regulation of civil aviation in Switzerland ⓘ |
| sector |
aviation
ⓘ
transport ⓘ |
| shortName |
BAZL
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FOCA ⓘ OFAC ⓘ UFAC ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bazl.admin.ch ⓘ |
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: Federal Office of Civil Aviation Description of subject: The Federal Office of Civil Aviation is Switzerland’s national aviation authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and infrastructure.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
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oversees
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Federal Office of Civil Aviation
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linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
subject linked to:
OFAC
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
subject linked to:
OFAC
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
subject linked to:
OFAC
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
subject linked to:
OFAC
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation
linked to: Federal Office of Civil Aviation