Aden airport
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Aden airport is a major airfield in Aden, Yemen, historically significant as a key transit hub during large-scale post–World War II airlifts such as Operation Magic Carpet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Aden International Airport | 2 |
| Aden airport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11068456 — 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: Aden airport Context triple: [Operation Magic Carpet, departurePoint, Aden airport]
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A.
Aden Adde International Airport
Aden Adde International Airport is the main international airport serving Mogadishu and the primary aviation gateway to Somalia.
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B.
Hodeidah International Airport
Hodeidah International Airport is the main civilian airport serving the coastal city and governorate of Al Hudaydah in western Yemen.
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C.
Sanaʽa International Airport
Sanaʽa International Airport is the main commercial airport serving Yemen’s capital, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Salalah Airport
Salalah Airport is a major international airport in southern Oman serving the city of Salalah and the Dhofar region, handling both domestic and regional flights and supporting the area’s tourism and trade.
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E.
Zuwara Airport
Zuwara Airport is a regional airport in western Libya that serves the coastal city of Zuwara and its surrounding area.
- 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: Aden airport Target entity description: Aden airport is a major airfield in Aden, Yemen, historically significant as a key transit hub during large-scale post–World War II airlifts such as Operation Magic Carpet.
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A.
Aden Adde International Airport
Aden Adde International Airport is the main international airport serving Mogadishu and the primary aviation gateway to Somalia.
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B.
Hodeidah International Airport
Hodeidah International Airport is the main civilian airport serving the coastal city and governorate of Al Hudaydah in western Yemen.
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C.
Sanaʽa International Airport
Sanaʽa International Airport is the main commercial airport serving Yemen’s capital, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Salalah Airport
Salalah Airport is a major international airport in southern Oman serving the city of Salalah and the Dhofar region, handling both domestic and regional flights and supporting the area’s tourism and trade.
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E.
Zuwara Airport
Zuwara Airport is a regional airport in western Libya that serves the coastal city of Zuwara and its surrounding area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| cityServed | Aden ⓘ |
| country | Yemen ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 2 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in Yemen
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Aden ⓘ Transport in Aden ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
cargo facilities
ⓘ
military apron ⓘ |
| hasIATAcode | ADE ⓘ |
| hasICAOcode | OYAA ⓘ |
| hasRole | gateway to Aden and surrounding regions ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 08/26 ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| historicalEra | post–World War II period ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
key transit hub for post–World War II airlifts
ⓘ
staging point for Operation Magic Carpet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aden
ⓘ
Aden Governorate ⓘ southern Yemen ⓘ |
| locatedInFormerColony |
Aden Colony
ⓘ
linked to:
Colony of Aden
|
| locatedInFormerProtectorate | Aden Protectorate ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Gulf of Aden ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Aden ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Gulf of Aden ⓘ |
| operator | Yemeni civil aviation authorities ⓘ |
| partOf | Republic of Yemen’s civil aviation network ⓘ |
| reopenedAfter | periodic conflict-related closures ⓘ |
| runwayLength | approximately 3,100 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesAs |
alternate hub when Sana'a International Airport is closed
ⓘ
civilian airport ⓘ major airfield in southern Yemen ⓘ military airbase ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
southern Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Arabia
|
| targetOf | military attacks during Yemeni conflict ⓘ |
| timeZone | Arabia Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British military forces
ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Yemeni Civil War (2010s)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yemeni Civil War
|
| usedFor |
domestic flights within Yemen
ⓘ
humanitarian air operations ⓘ international flights ⓘ military logistics ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +03:00 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Aden airport Description of subject: Aden airport is a major airfield in Aden, Yemen, historically significant as a key transit hub during large-scale post–World War II airlifts such as Operation Magic Carpet.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Aden airport
linked to: Aden airport