Palmdale Regional Airport
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Palmdale Regional Airport is a public airport in Palmdale, California, known for hosting NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory and other aerospace-related operations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Palmdale Regional Airport canonical | 10 |
| LA/Palmdale Regional Airport | 2 |
| Palmdale Air Terminal | 1 |
| Palmdale Airport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T135682 — 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: Palmdale Regional Airport Context triple: [SOFIA airborne observatory operations, basedAt, Palmdale Regional Airport]
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A.
Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Gerald R. Ford International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and western Michigan.
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B.
Idlewild Airport
Idlewild Airport was the original name of New York City’s major international airport now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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C.
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport is a regional airport in the Los Angeles area that serves as an alternative to Los Angeles International Airport, offering domestic flights and convenient access to Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Lake Tahoe Airport
Lake Tahoe Airport is a small public airport serving the Lake Tahoe region, primarily used for general aviation and private flights.
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E.
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Fresno Yosemite International Airport is a public airport in Fresno, California, serving as the primary commercial air gateway to the Fresno area and nearby Yosemite National Park.
- 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: Palmdale Regional Airport Target entity description: Palmdale Regional Airport is a public airport in Palmdale, California, known for hosting NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory and other aerospace-related operations.
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A.
Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Gerald R. Ford International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and western Michigan.
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B.
Idlewild Airport
Idlewild Airport was the original name of New York City’s major international airport now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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C.
Hollywood Burbank Airport
Hollywood Burbank Airport is a regional airport in the Los Angeles area that serves as an alternative to Los Angeles International Airport, offering domestic flights and convenient access to Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley.
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D.
Lake Tahoe Airport
Lake Tahoe Airport is a small public airport serving the Lake Tahoe region, primarily used for general aviation and private flights.
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E.
Fresno Yosemite International Airport
Fresno Yosemite International Airport is a public airport in Fresno, California, serving as the primary commercial air gateway to the Fresno area and nearby Yosemite National Park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
public airport ⓘ |
| associatedWithProgram |
NASA SOFIA
ⓘ
linked to:
SOFIA airborne observatory operations
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distanceTo | approximately 60 miles north of downtown Los Angeles ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | 2543 ft ⓘ |
| FAAcode | PMD ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Palmdale Air Terminal
ⓘ
linked to:
Palmdale Regional Airport
Palmdale Airport ⓘ
linked to:
Palmdale Regional Airport
|
| hasApproachLighting | instrument landing system (ILS) on primary runway ⓘ |
| hasBasedAircraft |
SOFIA Boeing 747SP observatory aircraft
ⓘ
linked to:
SOFIA airborne observatory operations
|
| hasCategory |
Airports in Los Angeles County, California
ⓘ
NASA facilities in California ⓘ
linked to:
Ames Research Center
Transportation in Palmdale, California ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryAssociation | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFacility |
Air Force Plant 42
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Air Force Plant 42
|
| hasOperator |
City of Palmdale
ⓘ
linked to:
Palmdale, California
|
| hasOwner |
City of Palmdale
ⓘ
linked to:
Palmdale, California
|
| hasRunway |
Runway 04/22
ⓘ
Runway 07/25 ⓘ |
| hasTenant |
Boeing
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ NASA ⓘ Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| hasType | joint-use civil-military airport ⓘ |
| hasUse |
aerospace research and development
ⓘ
aircraft maintenance ⓘ aircraft modification ⓘ |
| IATAcode | PMD ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | KPMD ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Palmdale, California ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Los Angeles County, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles County
|
| locatedInRegion |
Antelope Valley
ⓘ
Mojave Desert ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pacific Time Zone ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Edwards Air Force Base
ⓘ
Mojave Air and Space Port ⓘ |
| notableFor | hosting NASA SOFIA airborne observatory ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States National Airspace System
ⓘ
linked to:
National Airspace System
|
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesCity | Palmdale, California ⓘ |
| sharesFacilitiesWith | United States Air Force Plant 42 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerospace operations
ⓘ
air cargo operations ⓘ civil aviation ⓘ flight testing ⓘ general aviation ⓘ |
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: Palmdale Regional Airport Description of subject: Palmdale Regional Airport is a public airport in Palmdale, California, known for hosting NASA’s SOFIA airborne observatory and other aerospace-related operations.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Palmdale Regional Airport
linked to: Palmdale Regional Airport
linked to: Palmdale Regional Airport
subject linked to:
PMD
linked to: Palmdale Regional Airport
subject linked to:
northern Los Angeles County