Bassel Al-Assad International Airport
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Bassel Al-Assad International Airport is a major civilian and military airport in western Syria that serves the coastal city of Latakia and the surrounding region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bassel Al-Assad International Airport canonical | 2 |
| Bassel al-Assad International Airport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2845745 — 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: Bassel Al-Assad International Airport Context triple: [Latakia, hasAirport, Bassel Al-Assad International Airport]
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A.
Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
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B.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
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C.
King Hussein International Airport
King Hussein International Airport is a commercial airport serving the coastal city of Aqaba in southern Jordan, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Amman Civil Airport
Amman Civil Airport is a smaller domestic and regional airport serving Jordan’s capital, primarily handling general aviation and short-haul flights.
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E.
Rabah Bitat Airport
Rabah Bitat Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Annaba in northeastern Algeria.
- 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: Bassel Al-Assad International Airport Target entity description: Bassel Al-Assad International Airport is a major civilian and military airport in western Syria that serves the coastal city of Latakia and the surrounding region.
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A.
Damascus International Airport
Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
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B.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
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C.
King Hussein International Airport
King Hussein International Airport is a commercial airport serving the coastal city of Aqaba in southern Jordan, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Amman Civil Airport
Amman Civil Airport is a smaller domestic and regional airport serving Jordan’s capital, primarily handling general aviation and short-haul flights.
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E.
Rabah Bitat Airport
Rabah Bitat Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Annaba in northeastern Algeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
civil–military airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
157 feet
ⓘ
48 meters ⓘ |
| hasAccess |
road links to Jableh
ⓘ
road links to Latakia ⓘ |
| hasApron |
civilian aircraft parking stands
ⓘ
military aircraft parking stands ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
baggage claim area
ⓘ
cargo handling area ⓘ control tower ⓘ passenger check-in area ⓘ |
| hasFunction | gateway to Latakia Governorate ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryBase | Syrian Arab Air Force base ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
instrument landing systems
ⓘ
runway lighting ⓘ |
| hasNearbyCity | Jableh ⓘ |
| hasRole | regional hub for western Syria ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 17/35 ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasType |
military airbase
ⓘ
public airport ⓘ |
| IATAcode | LTK ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | OSLK ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Latakia Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Mediterranean Sea ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Tartus ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Syrian coast ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Homs ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bassel al-Assad ⓘ |
| operator | Syrian government ⓘ |
| partOf | Syrian Arab Air Force infrastructure ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| serves |
Latakia
ⓘ
Syrian coast ⓘ
surface form:
Syrian coastal region
|
| servesRegion | western Syria ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Cham Wings Airlines
ⓘ
Syrian Air ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ |
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: Bassel Al-Assad International Airport Description of subject: Bassel Al-Assad International Airport is a major civilian and military airport in western Syria that serves the coastal city of Latakia and the surrounding region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bassel al-Assad International Airport