Willow Run Airport

E166455

airport cargo airport general aviation airport public airport

Willow Run Airport is a historic public airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan, best known for its World War II-era bomber production and ongoing role in cargo and general aviation operations.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Willow Run Airport canonical	4
Wayne County Airport Authority	1
Willow Run Airport region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1061777 — 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: Willow Run Airport
Context triple: [Wayne County, Michigan, contains, Willow Run Airport]

A. Austin Straubel International Airport
Austin Straubel International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Green Bay, Wisconsin area, offering regional and limited national air service.
B. Muskegon County Airport
Muskegon County Airport is a public regional airport serving commercial and general aviation needs for the Muskegon, Michigan area.
C. Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Philip Billard Municipal Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the city of Topeka in northeastern Kansas.
D. Ellis Municipal Airport
Ellis Municipal Airport is a small public-use airfield serving general aviation needs for the community of Ellis in western Kansas.
E. Orchard Field Airport
Orchard Field Airport was the original name of what is now Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs.
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: Willow Run Airport
Target entity description: Willow Run Airport is a historic public airport near Ypsilanti, Michigan, best known for its World War II-era bomber production and ongoing role in cargo and general aviation operations.

A. Austin Straubel International Airport
Austin Straubel International Airport is the primary commercial airport serving the Green Bay, Wisconsin area, offering regional and limited national air service.
B. Muskegon County Airport
Muskegon County Airport is a public regional airport serving commercial and general aviation needs for the Muskegon, Michigan area.
C. Philip Billard Municipal Airport
Philip Billard Municipal Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the city of Topeka in northeastern Kansas.
D. Ellis Municipal Airport
Ellis Municipal Airport is a small public-use airfield serving general aviation needs for the community of Ellis in western Kansas.
E. Orchard Field Airport
Orchard Field Airport was the original name of what is now Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, one of the world’s busiest aviation hubs.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ cargo airport ⓘ general aviation airport ⓘ public airport ⓘ
associatedWith	Ford Motor Company ⓘ Willow Run Bomber Plant ⓘ surface form: Willow Run manufacturing complex
builtFor	World War II bomber production ⓘ
category	Airports in Michigan ⓘ Transportation in Washtenaw County, Michigan ⓘ Transportation in Wayne County, Michigan ⓘ World War II industrial site in Michigan ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevation	218 m ⓘ 716 ft ⓘ
FAAcode	YIP ⓘ
hasFacility	air cargo terminals ⓘ aircraft maintenance hangars ⓘ general aviation hangars ⓘ
hasNo	regularly scheduled commercial passenger airline service ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 14/32 ⓘ Runway 5L/23R ⓘ Runway 5R/23L ⓘ Runway 9/27 ⓘ
historicalAircraftProduced	Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ surface form: B-24 Liberator
historicalRole	major World War II bomber production site ⓘ
IATAcode	YIP ⓘ
ICAOcode	KYIP ⓘ
locatedIn	Washtenaw County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne County, Michigan ⓘ Ypsilanti Township, Michigan ⓘ Michigan ⓘ surface form: state of Michigan
locatedNear	Ypsilanti ⓘ surface form: Ypsilanti, Michigan
namedAfter	Willow Run Creek ⓘ
nearbyAirport	Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport ⓘ
nearbyCity	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan
opened	1942 ⓘ
operator	Wayne County Airport Authority ⓘ
owner	Wayne County Airport Authority ⓘ
primaryUse	cargo operations ⓘ general aviation ⓘ
runwayCount	4 ⓘ
serves	Detroit metropolitan area ⓘ
surfaceType	asphalt ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor	air cargo flights ⓘ aircraft maintenance operations ⓘ charter flights ⓘ corporate aviation ⓘ

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

Wayne County, Michigan → contains → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport → operatedBy → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wayne County Airport Authority

Ypsilanti → hasAirport → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Metro Detroit → hasAirport → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

Van Buren Township, Michigan → containsPart → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Willow Run Airport region

Van Buren Township, Michigan → hasTransportationFacility → Willow Run Airport ⓘ

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