Lajes Field

E329629

airport military air base

Lajes Field is a strategically important military airbase and airport located on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, used by both Portuguese and U.S. forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lajes Field canonical	7
Lajes Air Base	4
Air Base No. 4 Lajes	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3117484 — 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: Lajes Field
Context triple: [Lajes Airport, alsoKnownAs, Lajes Field]

A. Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
B. Rhodes Field
Rhodes Field is the University of Pennsylvania's main soccer stadium, serving as the home venue for the Penn Quakers men's and women's soccer teams.
C. Tinian International Airport
Tinian International Airport is a public airport on the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands that serves as its primary air transportation hub for regional flights.
D. San Antonio de los Baños Airfield
San Antonio de los Baños Airfield is a Cuban military air base located near the town of San Antonio de los Baños in Artemisa Province.
E. Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
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: Lajes Field
Target entity description: Lajes Field is a strategically important military airbase and airport located on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, used by both Portuguese and U.S. forces.

A. Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
B. Rhodes Field
Rhodes Field is the University of Pennsylvania's main soccer stadium, serving as the home venue for the Penn Quakers men's and women's soccer teams.
C. Tinian International Airport
Tinian International Airport is a public airport on the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands that serves as its primary air transportation hub for regional flights.
D. San Antonio de los Baños Airfield
San Antonio de los Baños Airfield is a Cuban military air base located near the town of San Antonio de los Baños in Artemisa Province.
E. Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ military air base ⓘ
allianceContext	NATO–U.S.–Portugal defense cooperation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ Lajes Field ⓘ surface form: Lajes Air Base
controlledBy	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic
country	Portugal ⓘ
garrison	Portuguese Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force 65th Air Base Group ⓘ
hasCapability	air refueling support ⓘ cargo and troop transit ⓘ maritime patrol support ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ
hasCivilTerminal	Lajes Airport passenger terminal ⓘ
hasFunction	civilian passenger flights ⓘ emergency landing site for transatlantic flights ⓘ military aviation operations ⓘ
hasIATACode	TER ⓘ
hasICAOCode	LPLA ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
hasRunwayType	long-range jet-capable runway ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor	NATO operations in the Atlantic ⓘ Portugal ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hosts	Portuguese military units ⓘ U.S. military units ⓘ
locatedIn	Azores ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	Angra do Heroísmo ⓘ Praia da Vitória ⓘ
operatedBy	Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4
region	Azores ⓘ surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
strategicRole	logistics hub for North Atlantic operations ⓘ refueling stop for military aircraft ⓘ transatlantic air bridge ⓘ
timezone	Azores Time ⓘ
usedBy	NATO ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense civilian airlines ⓘ
usedDuring	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: Afghanistan War Cold War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ World War II ⓘ

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

Lajes Airport → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portuguese Air Force → garrison → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Air Base No. 4 Lajes

Terceira Island → hasMilitaryBase → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portugal–United States relations → hasMilitaryCooperationAt → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portugal–United States relations → hasMilitaryBaseUsedByUnitedStates → Lajes Field ⓘ

TER → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

subject surface form: Lajes Airport

TER → partOf → Lajes Field ⓘ

subject surface form: Lajes Airport

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

LPLA → associatedWith → Lajes Field ⓘ

LPLA → hasAlternateName → Lajes Field ⓘ

Lajes Field → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

Praia da Vitória → locatedNear → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

Port of Praia da Vitória → near → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

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