Mthatha Airport
E393344
Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mthatha Airport canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3844945 — 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: Mthatha Airport Context triple: [Mthatha, hasAirport, Mthatha Airport]
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A.
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
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B.
Moshoeshoe I International Airport
Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
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C.
Pietermaritzburg Airport
Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
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D.
King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
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E.
Maputo International Airport
Maputo International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport in Mozambique, serving the capital city of Maputo.
- 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: Mthatha Airport Target entity description: Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
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A.
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
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B.
Moshoeshoe I International Airport
Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
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C.
Pietermaritzburg Airport
Pietermaritzburg Airport is a regional airport in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, providing primarily domestic passenger services.
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D.
King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
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E.
Maputo International Airport
Maputo International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport in Mozambique, serving the capital city of Maputo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
regional airport ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| elevation |
approximately 2402 feet
ⓘ
approximately 732 metres ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Umtata Airport ⓘ |
| hasCategory | public airport ⓘ |
| hasCheckInCounters | yes ⓘ |
| hasCityServed | Mthatha ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
apron
ⓘ
parking area ⓘ runway ⓘ terminal building ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | UTT ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | FAUT ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
radio navigation facilities
ⓘ
runway lighting ⓘ |
| hasPassengerTerminal | yes ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUse | passenger transport ⓘ |
| hasRole | regional transport hub ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 11/29 ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasSecondaryUse | air cargo ⓘ |
| hasSecurityScreening | yes ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfTraffic | civil ⓘ |
| isInTransportNetwork | South African domestic air network ⓘ |
| isLocatedInCountrySubdivision |
OR Tambo District Municipality
ⓘ
linked to:
O.R. Tambo District Municipality
|
| isLocatedNear | N2 national road ⓘ |
| isOwnedBy |
government of South Africa
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of South Africa
|
| isPartOf |
transport infrastructure of Eastern Cape
ⓘ
transport infrastructure of South Africa ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mthatha ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Eastern Cape ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Mthatha ⓘ |
| operates | domestic flights ⓘ |
| regionServed | Eastern Cape ⓘ |
| runwayLength | approximately 2000 metres ⓘ |
| serves |
Eastern Cape
ⓘ
Mthatha ⓘ surrounding area of Mthatha ⓘ |
| serviceType | domestic air services ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
charter flights
ⓘ
scheduled flights ⓘ |
| timeZone |
South African Standard Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Africa Time
|
| timeZoneUTCOffset | +02:00 ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | no ⓘ |
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: Mthatha Airport Description of subject: Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.