Edinburgh Airport
E55224
Edinburgh Airport is the main international airport serving Scotland’s capital, handling a large volume of domestic and European flights.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh Airport canonical | 66 |
| Edinburgh Airport Limited | 3 |
| Edinburgh Airport area | 1 |
| Edinburgh Airport passenger terminal | 1 |
| Edinburgh Airport terminal | 1 |
| Edinburgh Airport terminal complex | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T344438 — 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: Edinburgh Airport Context triple: [easyJet, hub, Edinburgh Airport]
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A.
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport is an international airport serving the Greater Glasgow area and western Scotland, offering domestic and global flights.
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B.
Edinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley is the main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving as a major hub for intercity and regional rail services across the UK.
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C.
Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport is a major regional airport in South West England serving domestic and international flights, notably as a key base for low-cost carriers like easyJet.
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D.
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
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E.
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
- 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: Edinburgh Airport Target entity description: Edinburgh Airport is the main international airport serving Scotland’s capital, handling a large volume of domestic and European flights.
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A.
Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport is an international airport serving the Greater Glasgow area and western Scotland, offering domestic and global flights.
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B.
Edinburgh Waverley
Edinburgh Waverley is the main railway station in Edinburgh, Scotland, serving as a major hub for intercity and regional rail services across the UK.
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C.
Bristol Airport
Bristol Airport is a major regional airport in South West England serving domestic and international flights, notably as a key base for low-cost carriers like easyJet.
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D.
Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
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E.
Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| cityServed | Edinburgh ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCentre | about 8 miles west of Edinburgh city centre ⓘ |
| focusCityFor |
Ryanair
ⓘ
easyJet ⓘ |
| formerName | Turnhouse Aerodrome ⓘ |
| formerUse | Royal Air Force base ⓘ |
| handlesTrafficType |
European flights
ⓘ
domestic flights ⓘ some long-haul flights ⓘ |
| hasCargoOperations | air cargo services ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
car parks ⓘ car rental services ⓘ duty-free shops ⓘ restaurants and bars ⓘ retail shops ⓘ security screening area ⓘ |
| hasHelicopterServices | limited helicopter operations ⓘ |
| hasPassengerServices | scheduled passenger flights ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 06/24 ⓘ |
| hasTerminal |
low-cost carrier facilities within main terminal
ⓘ
main passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasTransportLink |
Edinburgh Trams
ⓘ
airport bus services to city centre ⓘ road access via A8 ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.edinburghairport.com/ ⓘ |
| IATAcode | EDI ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGPH ⓘ |
| isBusiestAirportIn | Scotland by passenger numbers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Edinburgh
ⓘ
Lothian ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| nearbyPlace |
Gogar
ⓘ
Ingliston ⓘ |
| opened | 1916 ⓘ |
| operator |
Edinburgh Airport Limited
ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh Airport
|
| owner | Global Infrastructure Partners ⓘ |
| regionServed | Scotland ⓘ |
| regulator | UK Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ |
| runwayLength | 2593 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
City of Edinburgh
ⓘ
linked to:
Edinburgh
Scotland’s capital ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Central Belt of Scotland
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Lowlands of Scotland
|
| timeZone | Europe/London ⓘ |
| usesDaylightSavingTime | British Summer Time ⓘ |
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: Edinburgh Airport Description of subject: Edinburgh Airport is the main international airport serving Scotland’s capital, handling a large volume of domestic and European flights.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Edinburgh Airport
linked to: Edinburgh Airport
subject linked to:
central Scotland
subject linked to:
Glasgow and Edinburgh
subject linked to:
EDI
linked to: Edinburgh Airport
subject linked to:
EGPH
linked to: Edinburgh Airport
linked to: Edinburgh Airport