Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
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Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport is Iran’s main international gateway, serving as the primary long-haul and intercontinental airport for the capital city.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport canonical | 20 |
| Imam Khomeini International Airport | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T274547 — 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: Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Context triple: [Tehran, hasAirport, Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport]
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A.
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport is a major international aviation hub in Turkey that serves as one of the world’s busiest airports and a primary base for Turkish Airlines.
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B.
Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport is a major global aviation hub in the United Arab Emirates, known for its extensive international connections and high passenger traffic.
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C.
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is Istanbul’s secondary international airport on the Asian side of the city, serving as a major hub for low-cost and regional flights.
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D.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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E.
Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport is Egypt’s busiest and largest airport, serving as the primary international gateway to Cairo and a major hub for air travel in the Middle East and Africa.
- 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: Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Target entity description: Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport is Iran’s main international gateway, serving as the primary long-haul and intercontinental airport for the capital city.
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A.
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport is a major international aviation hub in Turkey that serves as one of the world’s busiest airports and a primary base for Turkish Airlines.
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B.
Dubai International Airport
Dubai International Airport is a major global aviation hub in the United Arab Emirates, known for its extensive international connections and high passenger traffic.
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C.
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport
Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is Istanbul’s secondary international airport on the Asian side of the city, serving as a major hub for low-cost and regional flights.
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D.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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E.
Cairo International Airport
Cairo International Airport is Egypt’s busiest and largest airport, serving as the primary international gateway to Cairo and a major hub for air travel in the Middle East and Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Karaj
ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCenter | approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Tehran ⓘ |
| focusCityFor | many Iranian airlines ⓘ |
| handlesTrafficType |
cargo traffic
ⓘ
international passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
cargo terminal
ⓘ
duty-free shops ⓘ lounges ⓘ parking areas ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
intercontinental flight operations
ⓘ
long-haul flight operations ⓘ |
| hasGroundTransportConnection |
airport shuttle and bus services to Tehran
ⓘ
highway to Tehran ⓘ |
| hasPlannedTerminal | IranShahr Terminal ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 11R/29L
ⓘ
surface form:
Runway 11L/29R
Runway 11R/29L ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | Passenger Terminal 1 ⓘ |
| IATAcode | IKA ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | OIIE ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Tehran Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tehran ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ruhollah Khomeini ⓘ |
| nearbyAirport |
Mehrabad International Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Tehran Mehrabad International Airport
|
| opened | 2004 ⓘ |
| operator | Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Iran ⓘ |
| replaced | Tehran Mehrabad International Airport as main international gateway ⓘ |
| role |
main international gateway of Iran
ⓘ
primary intercontinental airport for Tehran ⓘ primary long-haul airport for Tehran ⓘ |
| serves | Tehran ⓘ |
| servesAsHubFor |
Caspian Airlines
ⓘ
Iran Air ⓘ Iran Aseman Airlines ⓘ Kish Air ⓘ Mahan Air ⓘ Meraj Airlines ⓘ Qeshm Air ⓘ |
| servesAsPrimaryAirportFor | international flights to and from Tehran ⓘ |
| servesRegion |
Tehran
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Tehran
Iran ⓘ |
| timeZone | Iran Standard Time ⓘ |
| type | public airport ⓘ |
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: Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport Description of subject: Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport is Iran’s main international gateway, serving as the primary long-haul and intercontinental airport for the capital city.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Imam Khomeini International Airport
subject surface form:
Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport
this entity surface form:
Imam Khomeini International Airport
subject surface form:
Mehrabad International Airport