Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport

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airport international airport

Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport is an international airport serving the city of Tangier in northern Morocco, named after the famous Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport	5
Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T681426 — 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: Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Context triple: [Royal Air Maroc, focusCity, Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport]

A. Rabat–Salé Airport
Rabat–Salé Airport is the main international airport serving Morocco’s capital region, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
B. Marrakesh Menara Airport
Marrakesh Menara Airport is a major international airport in Marrakesh, Morocco, serving as a key gateway for tourists visiting the city and surrounding region.
C. Mohammed V International Airport
Mohammed V International Airport is the primary international gateway to Casablanca and one of Morocco’s busiest and most important airports.
D. Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene Airport is the main international airport serving Algiers and one of the busiest aviation hubs in Algeria.
E. Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Tunis–Carthage International Airport is the main international gateway to Tunisia, serving the capital city and surrounding region with passenger and cargo flights.
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: Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport
Target entity description: Tangier Ibn Battouta Airport is an international airport serving the city of Tangier in northern Morocco, named after the famous Moroccan explorer Ibn Battuta.

A. Rabat–Salé Airport
Rabat–Salé Airport is the main international airport serving Morocco’s capital region, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
B. Marrakesh Menara Airport
Marrakesh Menara Airport is a major international airport in Marrakesh, Morocco, serving as a key gateway for tourists visiting the city and surrounding region.
C. Mohammed V International Airport
Mohammed V International Airport is the primary international gateway to Casablanca and one of Morocco’s busiest and most important airports.
D. Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene Airport is the main international airport serving Algiers and one of the busiest aviation hubs in Algeria.
E. Tunis–Carthage International Airport
Tunis–Carthage International Airport is the main international gateway to Tunisia, serving the capital city and surrounding region with passenger and cargo flights.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ
cityServed	Tangier ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Morocco ⓘ
hasCategory	Airports in Morocco ⓘ Buildings and structures in Tangier ⓘ Transport in Tangier ⓘ
hasPassengerService	domestic flights ⓘ international flights ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 10/28 ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
hasTypeOfTraffic	civil ⓘ public ⓘ
iataCode	TNG ⓘ
icaoCode	GMTT ⓘ
locatedIn	Tangier ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northern Morocco ⓘ
namedAfter	Ibn Battuta ⓘ
namedForNationality	Moroccan ⓘ
namedForOccupation	explorer ⓘ
namedForPerson	Ibn Battuta ⓘ
operator	Moroccan Airports Authority ⓘ
serves	Tangier ⓘ
servesAs	gateway to northern Morocco ⓘ
timeZone	Africa/Casablanca ⓘ Western European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Western European Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited