Hanscom Field

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airport general aviation airport public airport reliever airport

Hanscom Field is a public airport in Bedford, Massachusetts that serves as a major general aviation and corporate aviation facility for the Greater Boston area.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hanscom Air Force Base	12
Hanscom Field canonical	4
Laurence G. Hanscom Field	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1034860 — 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: Hanscom Field
Context triple: [Massport, operates, Hanscom Field]

A. Quincy Municipal Airport
Quincy Municipal Airport is a public-use airport serving the city of Quincy and surrounding areas in Gadsden County, Florida.
B. Boston Logan International Airport
Boston Logan International Airport is a major international airport serving the Greater Boston area and New England, acting as a key hub for both domestic and transatlantic flights.
C. Stanstead Airport
Stanstead Airport is a railway station in Essex, England, serving London Stansted Airport with regional and intercity train connections.
D. Wilson Airport
Wilson Airport is a busy domestic and regional airport in Nairobi, Kenya, serving general aviation, charter flights, and short-haul passenger services.
E. Worcester Regional Airport
Worcester Regional Airport is a public airport in central Massachusetts that provides commercial and general aviation services to the Worcester metropolitan 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: Hanscom Field
Target entity description: Hanscom Field is a public airport in Bedford, Massachusetts that serves as a major general aviation and corporate aviation facility for the Greater Boston area.

A. Quincy Municipal Airport
Quincy Municipal Airport is a public-use airport serving the city of Quincy and surrounding areas in Gadsden County, Florida.
B. Boston Logan International Airport
Boston Logan International Airport is a major international airport serving the Greater Boston area and New England, acting as a key hub for both domestic and transatlantic flights.
C. Stanstead Airport
Stanstead Airport is a railway station in Essex, England, serving London Stansted Airport with regional and intercity train connections.
D. Wilson Airport
Wilson Airport is a busy domestic and regional airport in Nairobi, Kenya, serving general aviation, charter flights, and short-haul passenger services.
E. Worcester Regional Airport
Worcester Regional Airport is a public airport in central Massachusetts that provides commercial and general aviation services to the Worcester metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ general aviation airport ⓘ public airport ⓘ reliever airport ⓘ
cityServed	Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevationAboveSeaLevel	133 feet ⓘ
FAAcode	BED ⓘ
focusesOn	corporate aviation ⓘ general aviation ⓘ
hasAdjacentFacility	Hanscom Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hanscom Air Force Base
hasBasedAircraft	corporate jets ⓘ general aviation aircraft ⓘ
hasCategory	reliever airport for Boston Logan International Airport ⓘ
hasCustomsService	yes ⓘ
hasFBO	fixed-base operators ⓘ
hasHelicopterOperations	yes ⓘ
hasNavigationAid	instrument approach procedures ⓘ
hasNumberOfRunways	2 ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 11/29 ⓘ Runway 5/23 ⓘ
hasTerminalType	general aviation terminal ⓘ
hasTypeOfTraffic	air taxi operations ⓘ business aviation ⓘ private aviation ⓘ
IATAcode	BED ⓘ
ICAOcode	KBED ⓘ
isDistinctFrom	Hanscom Field self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hanscom Air Force Base
locatedIn	Bedford, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Boston ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ Middlesex County, Massachusetts ⓘ
near	Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ Lexington, Massachusetts ⓘ Lincoln, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Massachusetts Port Authority ⓘ
owner	Massachusetts Port Authority ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ
role	corporate aviation facility for Greater Boston ⓘ major general aviation facility for Greater Boston ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
serves	Greater Boston ⓘ
servesAsRelieverFor	Logan International Airport ⓘ
timezone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usesDaylightSavingTime	yes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Massport → operates → Hanscom Field ⓘ

Massachusetts Port Authority → operates → Hanscom Field ⓘ

Massachusetts Port Authority → owns → Hanscom Field ⓘ

Bedford, Massachusetts → hasAirport → Hanscom Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Laurence G. Hanscom Field

Bedford, Massachusetts → hostsFacility → Hanscom Field ⓘ