University of Illinois Willard Airport
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University of Illinois Willard Airport is a public airport serving the Champaign–Urbana area, providing commercial passenger flights and supporting the University of Illinois’ aviation-related activities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| University of Illinois Willard Airport canonical | 10 |
| University of Illinois Willard Airport Authority | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T100487 — 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: University of Illinois Willard Airport Context triple: [Urbana, Illinois, United States, hasAirport, University of Illinois Willard Airport]
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A.
O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is one of the busiest and largest airports in the United States, serving as a major global hub for both domestic and international flights.
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B.
Midway International Airport
Midway International Airport is a major commercial airport on Chicago’s southwest side that serves as a key hub for domestic flights in the United States.
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C.
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the city of Council Bluffs and the surrounding Pottawattamie County area in western Iowa.
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D.
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport is a general aviation and corporate airport located near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, serving as one of the city's primary aviation facilities.
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E.
Mercer County Airport
Mercer County Airport is a public airport serving the Bluefield, West Virginia area, providing regional air transportation for Mercer County and surrounding communities.
- 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: University of Illinois Willard Airport Target entity description: University of Illinois Willard Airport is a public airport serving the Champaign–Urbana area, providing commercial passenger flights and supporting the University of Illinois’ aviation-related activities.
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A.
O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is one of the busiest and largest airports in the United States, serving as a major global hub for both domestic and international flights.
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B.
Midway International Airport
Midway International Airport is a major commercial airport on Chicago’s southwest side that serves as a key hub for domestic flights in the United States.
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C.
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport
Council Bluffs Municipal Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the city of Council Bluffs and the surrounding Pottawattamie County area in western Iowa.
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D.
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport
Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport is a general aviation and corporate airport located near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, serving as one of the city's primary aviation facilities.
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E.
Mercer County Airport
Mercer County Airport is a public airport serving the Bluefield, West Virginia area, providing regional air transportation for Mercer County and surrounding communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
public airport ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
230 meters
ⓘ
755 feet ⓘ |
| FAAcode | CMI ⓘ |
| hasApproach | instrument approach procedures ⓘ |
| hasCategory | public-use airport ⓘ |
| hasControlTower | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacility | fixed-base operator ⓘ |
| hasParking | public parking facilities ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 14L/32R
ⓘ
Runway 14R/32L ⓘ Runway 4/22 ⓘ |
| hasService |
aircraft maintenance
ⓘ
aircraft refueling ⓘ ground handling ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal building ⓘ |
| hasUse |
air taxi operations
ⓘ
civil aviation ⓘ military operations ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://willardairport.com/ ⓘ |
| IATAcode | CMI ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | KCMI ⓘ |
| isNamedFor | former University of Illinois president Arthur C. Willard ⓘ |
| isNear |
Champaign, Illinois
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign, Illinois, United States
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus ⓘ
linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Urbana, Illinois ⓘ
linked to:
Urbana, Illinois, United States
|
| isPartOf | transportation in Champaign County, Illinois ⓘ |
| isTransportationHubFor |
Champaign–Urbana region
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
|
| locatedIn | Savoy, Illinois ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Arthur Cutts Willard ⓘ |
| operator |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|
| owner |
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
|
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Champaign–Urbana–Rantoul metropolitan area
commercial passenger flights ⓘ |
| state | Illinois ⓘ |
| supports |
University of Illinois aviation-related activities
ⓘ
air cargo operations ⓘ flight training ⓘ general aviation ⓘ |
| timezone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | yes ⓘ |
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: University of Illinois Willard Airport Description of subject: University of Illinois Willard Airport is a public airport serving the Champaign–Urbana area, providing commercial passenger flights and supporting the University of Illinois’ aviation-related activities.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: University of Illinois Willard Airport