Gando Air Base
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Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gando Air Base canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T766830 — 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: Gando Air Base Context triple: [Spanish Air Force, airBase, Gando Air Base]
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A.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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B.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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C.
Kauhava Air Base
Kauhava Air Base is a former major Finnish Air Force airfield in western Finland that long served as the country’s primary pilot training base.
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D.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- 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: Gando Air Base Target entity description: Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
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A.
Rissala Air Base
Rissala Air Base is a major Finnish Air Force installation located near Kuopio in eastern Finland, serving both military and co-located civilian air traffic operations.
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B.
Koksijde Air Base
Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian military airfield on the North Sea coast, best known as a key search-and-rescue and helicopter operations base for the Belgian Air Force.
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C.
Kauhava Air Base
Kauhava Air Base is a former major Finnish Air Force airfield in western Finland that long served as the country’s primary pilot training base.
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D.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish Air Force installation
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch | Ejército del Aire y del Espacio ⓘ |
| coordinatesRegion | air defense of Canary Islands ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| garrison |
46th Wing
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Canary Islands Air Command units ⓘ |
| hasCapability |
24/7 alert operations
ⓘ
air policing ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ |
| hasClimate | subtropical semi-arid ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
staging point for operations in West Africa region
ⓘ
support base for humanitarian missions in Atlantic and African regions ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
command and control facilities
ⓘ
hangars ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ military aprons ⓘ |
| hasRole |
air defense
ⓘ
maritime surveillance ⓘ quick reaction alert ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hosts |
fighter aircraft
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ search and rescue helicopters ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| ICAOCodeSharedWith | GCLP ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
ⓘ
Telde ⓘ |
| locatedOn | eastern coast of Gran Canaria ⓘ |
| location |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Canary Islands ⓘ Gran Canaria ⓘ |
| nearBodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| operator |
Spanish Air and Space Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Air Force
|
| partOf |
Province of Las Palmas
ⓘ
linked to:
province of Las Palmas
|
| serves |
Spanish Air and Space Force
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Air Force
|
| sharesFacilitiesWith | Gran Canaria Airport ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key base for Atlantic approaches to Europe
ⓘ
key base for defense of Canary Islands ⓘ |
| timezone | Western European Time ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | Western European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NATO allied aircraft (occasionally)
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Spanish Navy aircraft (occasionally) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
NATO-related operations
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military air operations ⓘ support to civil aviation ⓘ |
| usesRunwaysOf | Gran Canaria Airport ⓘ |
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: Gando Air Base Description of subject: Gando Air Base is a key Spanish Air Force installation located on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, serving both military operations and nearby civil aviation.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.