King Fahd Air Base
E392977
King Fahd Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that supports both national defense operations and international military activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Fahd Air Base canonical | 2 |
| King Fahd Air Base, Dhahran | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3747121 — 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: King Fahd Air Base Context triple: [Royal Saudi Air Force, hasBase, King Fahd Air Base]
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
Prince Sultan Air Base
Prince Sultan Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that has also served as a key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region.
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C.
King Khalid Air Base
King Khalid Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for military aviation operations and regional defense.
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D.
King Faisal Air Base
King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
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E.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the 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: King Fahd Air Base Target entity description: King Fahd Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that supports both national defense operations and international military activities.
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A.
King Abdulaziz Air Base
King Abdulaziz Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for the country’s air defense and military aviation operations.
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B.
Prince Sultan Air Base
Prince Sultan Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that has also served as a key hub for U.S. and coalition military operations in the region.
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C.
King Khalid Air Base
King Khalid Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that serves as a key hub for military aviation operations and regional defense.
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D.
King Faisal Air Base
King Faisal Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that hosts fighter aircraft and plays a key role in the country’s air defense and regional military operations.
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E.
Al Minhad Air Base
Al Minhad Air Base is a major military airfield in the United Arab Emirates that serves as a strategic hub for both UAE and allied air operations in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Saudi Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| conflict |
Gulf War
ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ Operation Desert Storm ⓘ Operation Southern Watch ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | about 84 meters ⓘ |
| garrison |
Royal Saudi Air Force units
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saudi Air Force
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Dhahran Air Base
ⓘ
King Fahd Air Base, Dhahran ⓘ
linked to:
King Fahd Air Base
|
| hasApproach | instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Military installations of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
Saudi Arabian Air Force bases ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
accommodation for personnel
ⓘ
air traffic control tower ⓘ fuel storage facilities ⓘ hardened aircraft shelters ⓘ logistics support facilities ⓘ maintenance hangars ⓘ munitions storage area ⓘ navigation aids ⓘ radar installations ⓘ runway lighting ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | DHA ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | OETF ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 16L/34R
ⓘ
Runway 16R/34L ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
|
| locatedNear |
Dammam
ⓘ
Dhahran ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Saudi Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Royal Saudi Air Force air defense network
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Saudi Air Force
|
| strategicImportance |
major hub for air operations in Eastern Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
supports regional security operations in the Persian Gulf ⓘ |
| timezone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Saudi Air Force
ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ coalition air forces ⓘ |
| usedFor |
air defense
ⓘ
airlift operations ⓘ fighter operations ⓘ international military operations ⓘ national defense operations ⓘ training ⓘ |
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: King Fahd Air Base Description of subject: King Fahd Air Base is a major Royal Saudi Air Force installation in Saudi Arabia that supports both national defense operations and international military activities.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.