Moffett Field, California

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aerospace facility airport former naval air station military airfield

Moffett Field, California is a historic U.S. naval air station and aerospace hub in the San Francisco Bay Area, best known today as the site of NASA’s Ames Research Center.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Moffett Federal Airfield	17
Moffett Field, California canonical	13
Moffett Field	4
Naval Air Station Moffett Field	3
Moffett	1
Moffett Field Historic District	1
Moffett Field historic district	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T25153 — 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: Moffett Field, California
Context triple: [Ames Research Center, locatedIn, Moffett Field, California]

A. Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Southern California known as a primary site for flight testing, aerospace research, and historic aviation milestones.
B. Mojave Air and Space Port
Mojave Air and Space Port is a civilian aerospace test center and spaceflight hub in California known for experimental aircraft development and commercial spaceflight activities.
C. China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station is a major U.S. Navy research, development, testing, and evaluation facility for naval aviation weapons and technology.
D. San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport is a major international air travel hub serving the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the busiest airports in the United States.
E. San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport is a major commercial airport serving the San Diego metropolitan area and the surrounding Southern California 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: Moffett Field, California
Target entity description: Moffett Field, California is a historic U.S. naval air station and aerospace hub in the San Francisco Bay Area, best known today as the site of NASA’s Ames Research Center.

A. Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Southern California known as a primary site for flight testing, aerospace research, and historic aviation milestones.
B. Mojave Air and Space Port
Mojave Air and Space Port is a civilian aerospace test center and spaceflight hub in California known for experimental aircraft development and commercial spaceflight activities.
C. China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station
China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station is a major U.S. Navy research, development, testing, and evaluation facility for naval aviation weapons and technology.
D. San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport is a major international air travel hub serving the San Francisco Bay Area and one of the busiest airports in the United States.
E. San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport is a major commercial airport serving the San Diego metropolitan area and the surrounding Southern California region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace facility ⓘ airport ⓘ former naval air station ⓘ military airfield ⓘ
contains	Hangar One ⓘ Hangar Three ⓘ Hangar Two ⓘ Moffett Federal Airfield ⓘ linked to: Moffett Field, California NASA Ames Research Center ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentUse	federal airfield ⓘ research airfield ⓘ technology and aerospace hub ⓘ
hasFAAcode	NUQ ⓘ
hasFacility	flight simulation facilities ⓘ supercomputing center ⓘ university-affiliated research facilities ⓘ wind tunnels ⓘ
hasIATAcode	NUQ ⓘ
hasICAOcode	KNUQ ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	large rigid airship hangars ⓘ proximity to Silicon Valley tech companies ⓘ
hasNotableStructure	Hangar One airship hangar ⓘ linked to: Hangar One
hasRunway	Runway 14L/32R ⓘ Runway 14R/32L ⓘ
historicalUse	blimp base ⓘ naval air station ⓘ patrol aviation base ⓘ
locatedIn	California ⓘ linked to: California, United States San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ Santa Clara County, California ⓘ linked to: Santa Clara County near Mountain View, California ⓘ near Sunnyvale, California ⓘ
namedAfter	William A. Moffett ⓘ
near	Palo Alto, California ⓘ San Jose, California ⓘ linked to: San Jose
operator	National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ linked to: NASA United States Air Force (historical) ⓘ linked to: United States Air Force United States Army Air Forces (historical) ⓘ linked to: United States Army Air Forces United States Navy ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	NASA Ames Research Center campus ⓘ linked to: Ames Research Center
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
usedFor	aeronautics research ⓘ airship operations (historical) ⓘ military aviation ⓘ research and development ⓘ space exploration research ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ames Research Center → locatedIn → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

Pleiades → locatedIn → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

subject linked to: Pleiades supercomputer

Vertical Motion Simulator → locatedIn → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel → locatedIn → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

Ames Research Center 80-by-120-Foot Wind Tunnel → locatedIn → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

NASA Astrobiology Institute → headquartersLocation → Moffett Field, California ⓘ

subject linked to: NASA Astrobiology Institute (historical headquarters)

Moffett Field, California → contains → Moffett Federal Airfield ⓘ