Meiringen Air Base
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Meiringen Air Base is a Swiss military airfield located near the town of Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Meiringen Air Base canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13162442 — 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: Meiringen Air Base Context triple: [Meiringen, hasAirport, Meiringen Air Base]
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A.
Büchel Air Base
Büchel Air Base is a German military airfield in Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as a key Luftwaffe fighter-bomber base and hosts U.S. nuclear weapons under NATO nuclear sharing.
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B.
Neuburg Air Base
Neuburg Air Base is a major Luftwaffe installation in Bavaria that serves as one of Germany’s key fighter aircraft bases.
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C.
Laupheim Air Base
Laupheim Air Base is a major German military airfield in Baden-Württemberg that serves as an important hub for the German Air Force’s helicopter and air transport operations.
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D.
Preschen Air Base
Preschen Air Base was a major Cold War-era military airfield in East Germany that served as an important operational base for the East German Air Force.
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E.
Nörvenich Air Base
Nörvenich Air Base is a major German Air Force installation in North Rhine-Westphalia that serves as a key operational base for fighter and tactical aircraft units.
- 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: Meiringen Air Base Target entity description: Meiringen Air Base is a Swiss military airfield located near the town of Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland region.
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A.
Büchel Air Base
Büchel Air Base is a German military airfield in Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as a key Luftwaffe fighter-bomber base and hosts U.S. nuclear weapons under NATO nuclear sharing.
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B.
Neuburg Air Base
Neuburg Air Base is a major Luftwaffe installation in Bavaria that serves as one of Germany’s key fighter aircraft bases.
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C.
Laupheim Air Base
Laupheim Air Base is a major German military airfield in Baden-Württemberg that serves as an important hub for the German Air Force’s helicopter and air transport operations.
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D.
Preschen Air Base
Preschen Air Base was a major Cold War-era military airfield in East Germany that served as an important operational base for the East German Air Force.
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E.
Nörvenich Air Base
Nörvenich Air Base is a major German Air Force installation in North Rhine-Westphalia that serves as a key operational base for fighter and tactical aircraft units.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airfield
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| category | Swiss Air Force base ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| elevation (meters) | 568 ⓘ |
| garrison |
Swiss Air Force Fliegerstaffel units
ⓘ
linked to:
Swiss Air Force
|
| hasAccess | road tunnel to caverns ⓘ |
| hasApproach | visual approach through narrow valley ⓘ |
| hasCivilUse | limited civil aviation ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
mountain hangars
ⓘ
underground aircraft caverns ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
control tower
ⓘ
hardened shelters ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ |
| hasNoiseRestrictions | yes ⓘ |
| hasRunwayLighting | yes ⓘ |
| hasRunwayOrientation | east–west ⓘ |
| IATA code | ZIN ⓘ |
| ICAO code | LSMM ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Alps ⓘ |
| location |
Bernese Oberland
ⓘ
Canton of Bern ⓘ
linked to:
canton of Bern
Meiringen ⓘ |
| municipality | Meiringen ⓘ |
| near |
Haslital valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Haslital
Lake Brienz ⓘ |
| notableFor | operations in mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| opened | World War II era ⓘ |
| operator | Swiss Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Swiss Confederation ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | air defense of central Switzerland ⓘ |
| region | Bernese Oberland ⓘ |
| role |
air policing base
ⓘ
fighter base ⓘ training base ⓘ |
| runway | Runway 10/28 ⓘ |
| runway length (meters) | 2350 ⓘ |
| runway surface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Swiss Air Force air policing missions ⓘ |
| timezone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timezone (summer) | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
F/A-18 Hornet
ⓘ
Pilatus PC-6 ⓘ
linked to:
PC-6 Porter
Swiss Air Force F-5 Tiger (historically) ⓘ
linked to:
F-5 Freedom Fighter
Swiss Air Force helicopter units ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Meiringen Air Base Description of subject: Meiringen Air Base is a Swiss military airfield located near the town of Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland region.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.