Skardu International Airport
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Skardu International Airport is a key airport in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, serving as the main air gateway for tourists and locals traveling to the mountainous Skardu region and nearby Karakoram and Himalayan ranges.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skardu Airport | 4 |
| Skardu International Airport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4188972 — 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: Skardu International Airport Context triple: [Skardu, hasTransportFacility, Skardu International Airport]
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A.
Gilgit Airport
Gilgit Airport is a small domestic airport in Gilgit, Pakistan, serving as a key air gateway to the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region and the Karakoram range.
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B.
Bannu Airport
Bannu Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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C.
Quetta International Airport
Quetta International Airport is the main domestic and international air gateway serving the city of Quetta and the surrounding region of Balochistan, Pakistan.
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D.
Bacha Khan International Airport
Bacha Khan International Airport is the main international airport serving Peshawar, Pakistan, handling both domestic and international flights for the region.
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E.
Shah Makhdum Airport
Shah Makhdum Airport is a regional domestic airport serving the city of Rajshahi in western Bangladesh.
- 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: Skardu International Airport Target entity description: Skardu International Airport is a key airport in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, serving as the main air gateway for tourists and locals traveling to the mountainous Skardu region and nearby Karakoram and Himalayan ranges.
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A.
Gilgit Airport
Gilgit Airport is a small domestic airport in Gilgit, Pakistan, serving as a key air gateway to the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region and the Karakoram range.
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B.
Bannu Airport
Bannu Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Bannu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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C.
Quetta International Airport
Quetta International Airport is the main domestic and international air gateway serving the city of Quetta and the surrounding region of Balochistan, Pakistan.
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D.
Bacha Khan International Airport
Bacha Khan International Airport is the main international airport serving Peshawar, Pakistan, handling both domestic and international flights for the region.
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E.
Shah Makhdum Airport
Shah Makhdum Airport is a regional domestic airport serving the city of Rajshahi in western Bangladesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Skardu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Surrounding valleys of Skardu ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| countrySubdivision | Gilgit-Baltistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasClimateConstraint | subject to weather-related flight disruptions ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
connects remote mountainous region
ⓘ
gateway for tourism ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | KDU ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | OPSD ⓘ |
| hasLanguageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to:
Urdu language
|
| hasStatus |
key airport in Gilgit-Baltistan
ⓘ
major air gateway to Himalayas ⓘ major air gateway to Karakoram ⓘ |
| isMilitaryUseAirport | true ⓘ |
| isPublicUseAirport | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Skardu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Gilgit-Baltistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountryRegion |
Northern Pakistan
ⓘ
linked to:
northern Pakistan
|
| locatedInMountainRangeRegion |
Himalayas
ⓘ
Karakoram ONNED1 ⓘ |
| nearbyAttraction |
Baltoro Glacier
ⓘ
Deosai National Park ⓘ K2 region ⓘ
linked to:
Greater Karakoram region
Satpara Lake ⓘ Shangrila Resort ⓘ Skardu Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Pakistan ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Northern Areas of Pakistan
ⓘ
linked to:
northern Pakistan
|
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Gilgit-Baltistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Skardu region NERFINISHED ⓘ local residents ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| servesAs | main air gateway for Skardu region ⓘ |
| servesTourismType |
adventure tourism
ⓘ
domestic tourism ⓘ mountaineering ⓘ trekking ⓘ |
| timeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| transportMode | air transport ⓘ |
| usedBy | Pakistan Air Force ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Skardu International Airport Description of subject: Skardu International Airport is a key airport in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, serving as the main air gateway for tourists and locals traveling to the mountainous Skardu region and nearby Karakoram and Himalayan ranges.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Skardu International Airport
subject linked to:
Lower Kachura Lake (Shangrila Lake)
linked to: Skardu International Airport
linked to: Skardu International Airport