Katunayake Airport
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Katunayake Airport, now known as Bandaranaike International Airport, is the main international gateway to Sri Lanka located near Colombo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Katunayake Airport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4255799 — 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: Katunayake Airport Context triple: [Bandaranaike International Airport, previousName, Katunayake Airport]
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A.
Moruya Airport
Moruya Airport is a regional airport in New South Wales, Australia, providing air transport services for the town of Moruya and the surrounding Eurobodalla region.
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B.
Osubi Airport
Osubi Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Warri and its surrounding region in Delta State, Nigeria.
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C.
Tajima Airport
Tajima Airport is a regional airport in northern Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, primarily serving domestic flights and connecting the Tajima area with major Japanese cities.
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D.
Miyako Airport
Miyako Airport is a regional airport serving Miyako Island in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, handling domestic flights and connecting the island to major Japanese cities.
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E.
Itami Airport
Itami Airport is a major domestic airport serving the Osaka metropolitan area in Japan.
- 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: Katunayake Airport Target entity description: Katunayake Airport, now known as Bandaranaike International Airport, is the main international gateway to Sri Lanka located near Colombo.
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A.
Moruya Airport
Moruya Airport is a regional airport in New South Wales, Australia, providing air transport services for the town of Moruya and the surrounding Eurobodalla region.
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B.
Osubi Airport
Osubi Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Warri and its surrounding region in Delta State, Nigeria.
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C.
Tajima Airport
Tajima Airport is a regional airport in northern Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, primarily serving domestic flights and connecting the Tajima area with major Japanese cities.
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D.
Miyako Airport
Miyako Airport is a regional airport serving Miyako Island in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, handling domestic flights and connecting the island to major Japanese cities.
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E.
Itami Airport
Itami Airport is a major domestic airport serving the Osaka metropolitan area in Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| cityServed | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCentre | approximately 30 km north of Colombo ⓘ |
| formerName | Katunayake Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCargoService | air freight operations ⓘ |
| hasCustoms | Sri Lanka Customs office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
airport lounges ⓘ cargo terminal ⓘ duty-free shops ⓘ runway lighting system ⓘ |
| hasImmigration | Department of Immigration and Emigration of Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
VOR/DME
ⓘ
instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasParking | car parking facilities ⓘ |
| hasPassengerTerminal |
domestic terminal
ⓘ
international terminal ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 04/22 ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | Sri Lanka Airport Security Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerminalType |
domestic passenger terminal
ⓘ
international passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasTransportationLink |
Colombo–Katunayake Expressway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bus services to Colombo ⓘ taxi services ⓘ |
| hasUse |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military support facilities ⓘ |
| hubFor | SriLankan Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iataCode | CMB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| icaoCode | VCBI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLargestAirportIn | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Katunayake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeRegion |
Gampaha District
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Colombo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName | Bandaranaike International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedAsInternationalAirport | 20th century ⓘ |
| operator | Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | main international gateway to Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| primaryRunwayOrientation | northeast–southwest ⓘ |
| regionServed | Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Colombo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Western Province, Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | Sri Lanka Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Katunayake Airport Description of subject: Katunayake Airport, now known as Bandaranaike International Airport, is the main international gateway to Sri Lanka located near Colombo.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.