Sanday Airport
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Sanday Airport is a small regional airfield in Orkney, Scotland, providing short inter-island flights that connect the island of Sanday with the Orkney mainland and nearby islands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanday Airport canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4932883 — 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: Sanday Airport Context triple: [Kirkwall Airport, hasRouteTo, Sanday Airport]
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A.
North Ronaldsay Airport
North Ronaldsay Airport is a small regional airfield in the Orkney Islands of Scotland that provides local island-hopping services and connects the remote island of North Ronaldsay to the mainland.
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B.
Westray Airport
Westray Airport is a small airfield in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, best known for being one end of the world’s shortest scheduled commercial flight.
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C.
Sumburgh Airport
Sumburgh Airport is a key regional airport in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, serving as a primary gateway between the islands and mainland UK.
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D.
Benbecula Airport
Benbecula Airport is a small regional airport in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides that provides vital air links for local communities and is primarily served by Loganair.
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E.
Tiree Airport
Tiree Airport is a small regional airport on the Isle of Tiree in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, providing vital air links between the island and the Scottish mainland.
- 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: Sanday Airport Target entity description: Sanday Airport is a small regional airfield in Orkney, Scotland, providing short inter-island flights that connect the island of Sanday with the Orkney mainland and nearby islands.
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A.
North Ronaldsay Airport
North Ronaldsay Airport is a small regional airfield in the Orkney Islands of Scotland that provides local island-hopping services and connects the remote island of North Ronaldsay to the mainland.
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B.
Westray Airport
Westray Airport is a small airfield in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, best known for being one end of the world’s shortest scheduled commercial flight.
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C.
Sumburgh Airport
Sumburgh Airport is a key regional airport in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, serving as a primary gateway between the islands and mainland UK.
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D.
Benbecula Airport
Benbecula Airport is a small regional airport in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides that provides vital air links for local communities and is primarily served by Loganair.
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E.
Tiree Airport
Tiree Airport is a small regional airport on the Isle of Tiree in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, providing vital air links between the island and the Scottish mainland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
public use airport ⓘ regional airport ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Kirkwall Airport
ⓘ
other Orkney islands ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| elevation |
21 metres
ⓘ
68 feet ⓘ |
| hasCategory | short takeoff and landing airfield ⓘ |
| hasFlightType |
general aviation flights
ⓘ
scheduled passenger flights ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
runway lighting limited or basic
ⓘ
small terminal facilities ⓘ |
| hasNavigationType | daylight operations ⓘ |
| hasOperatorType | local authority ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 03/21
ⓘ
Runway 11/29 ⓘ |
| hasServicePattern | short inter-island flights ⓘ |
| IATAcode | NDY ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | EGES ⓘ |
| isOnIsland | Sanday ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Orkney inter-island air network ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Isles
ⓘ
Orkney ⓘ
linked to:
Orkney Islands
Orkney Islands ⓘ Sanday ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion | North Sea vicinity ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | local settlements on Sanday ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Orkney Islands Council ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Orkney
ⓘ
linked to:
Orkney Islands
|
| regulatoryRegion |
Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Civil Aviation Authority
|
| runway03/21Length | 527 metres ⓘ |
| runway11/29Length | 421 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface |
graded hardcore
ⓘ
grass ⓘ |
| serves |
Kirkwall Airport
ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ Sanday ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | residents of Sanday ⓘ |
| servesPurpose |
essential transport links
ⓘ
regional connectivity ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC±00:00 ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | UTC+01:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sanday Airport Description of subject: Sanday Airport is a small regional airfield in Orkney, Scotland, providing short inter-island flights that connect the island of Sanday with the Orkney mainland and nearby islands.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.