VOR/DME
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VOR/DME is a ground-based radio navigation system that provides aircraft with both bearing and distance information to aid en-route and approach navigation.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VOR/DME canonical | 26 |
| VOR | 2 |
| VOR-DME | 2 |
| VHF Omnidirectional Range | 1 |
| VOR/DME LLS | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2353936 — 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: VOR/DME Context triple: [Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, hasNavigationAid, VOR/DME]
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A.
SAN VORTAC
SAN VORTAC is a ground-based radio navigation facility (combining VOR and TACAN) serving the San Diego International Airport area for en-route and approach guidance.
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B.
Knickebein radio navigation system
The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
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C.
Aviation Navigation
Aviation Navigation is the practice and technology of guiding aircraft safely and efficiently along planned routes using instruments, radio aids, and satellite-based systems.
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D.
ILS
ILS is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Israeli new shekel, the official currency of Israel.
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E.
ILS
ILS (Instrument Landing System) is a ground-based radio navigation system that provides precise lateral and vertical guidance to aircraft during approach and landing, especially in low-visibility conditions.
- 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: VOR/DME Target entity description: VOR/DME is a ground-based radio navigation system that provides aircraft with both bearing and distance information to aid en-route and approach navigation.
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A.
SAN VORTAC
SAN VORTAC is a ground-based radio navigation facility (combining VOR and TACAN) serving the San Diego International Airport area for en-route and approach guidance.
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B.
Knickebein radio navigation system
The Knickebein radio navigation system was a World War II German Luftwaffe beam-guidance technology used to direct bombers accurately to their targets at night and in poor visibility.
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C.
Aviation Navigation
Aviation Navigation is the practice and technology of guiding aircraft safely and efficiently along planned routes using instruments, radio aids, and satellite-based systems.
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D.
ILS
ILS is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Israeli new shekel, the official currency of Israel.
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E.
ILS
ILS (Instrument Landing System) is a ground-based radio navigation system that provides precise lateral and vertical guidance to aircraft during approach and landing, especially in low-visibility conditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ground-based navigation aid
ⓘ
radio navigation system ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
DME arcs
ⓘ
VOR radials ⓘ |
| bearingProvidedBy | VOR component ⓘ |
| bearingReference |
magnetic north
ⓘ
station declination ⓘ |
| canBeDepictedOn | aeronautical charts ⓘ |
| distanceMeasurementMethod | time delay of radio pulses ⓘ |
| distanceProvidedBy | DME component ⓘ |
| enables |
course guidance
ⓘ
distance to station indication ⓘ position fixing ⓘ |
| frequencyAllocation |
DME frequency band
ⓘ
VOR frequency band ⓘ |
| hasAdvantage | provides both bearing and distance from a single site ⓘ |
| hasLimitation |
line-of-sight range
ⓘ
susceptibility to terrain masking ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
UHF band
ⓘ
VHF band ⓘ |
| partOf | conventional ground-based navigation infrastructure ⓘ |
| provides |
bearing information
ⓘ
distance information ⓘ radial information ⓘ slant range distance ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Federal Aviation Administration
ⓘ
International Civil Aviation Organization ⓘ |
| requiresOnboardEquipment |
DME transceiver
ⓘ
VOR receiver ⓘ |
| signalType | line-of-sight ⓘ |
| supportsNavigationPhase |
approach
ⓘ
arrival ⓘ cruise ⓘ departure ⓘ |
| supportsProcedureType |
area navigation
ⓘ
conventional navigation ⓘ non-precision approach ⓘ |
| usedAsReferenceFor |
airways
ⓘ
holding patterns ⓘ instrument approach procedures ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ |
| usedFor |
approach navigation
ⓘ
en-route navigation ⓘ terminal area navigation ⓘ |
| usesComponent |
VHF omnidirectional range
ⓘ
distance measuring equipment ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: VOR/DME Description of subject: VOR/DME is a ground-based radio navigation system that provides aircraft with both bearing and distance information to aid en-route and approach navigation.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ilopango International Airport
this entity surface form:
VOR-DME
this entity surface form:
VHF Omnidirectional Range
this entity surface form:
VOR-DME
this entity surface form:
VOR
subject surface form:
East Midlands Airport
this entity surface form:
VOR
this entity surface form:
VOR/DME LLS