Palermo Airport

E54454

international airport transport infrastructure

Palermo Airport is a major international airport serving the city of Palermo and the surrounding region in northwestern Sicily, Italy.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Falcone–Borsellino Airport	17
Palermo Airport canonical	7
Aeroporto Falcone e Borsellino	1
Aeroporto di Palermo Falcone e Borsellino	1
Palermo Punta Raisi Airport	1
Paolo Borsellino Airport	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T431224 — 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: Palermo Airport
Context triple: [Sicily, hasAirport, Palermo Airport]

A. Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport is a major international airport in eastern Sicily that serves as one of the island’s primary gateways for domestic and European air traffic.
B. Milan Malpensa Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport is a major international airport serving the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy and one of the country’s busiest air transport hubs.
C. Milan Linate Airport
Milan Linate Airport is a major city airport serving Milan, Italy, primarily handling domestic and short-haul European flights close to the city center.
D. Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport is the main international gateway to Buenos Aires and one of Argentina’s busiest and most important airports.
E. Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport is one of Rome’s main airports, serving primarily low-cost and charter flights and located southeast of the city center.
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: Palermo Airport
Target entity description: Palermo Airport is a major international airport serving the city of Palermo and the surrounding region in northwestern Sicily, Italy.

A. Catania–Fontanarossa Airport
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport is a major international airport in eastern Sicily that serves as one of the island’s primary gateways for domestic and European air traffic.
B. Milan Malpensa Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport is a major international airport serving the Milan metropolitan area in northern Italy and one of the country’s busiest air transport hubs.
C. Milan Linate Airport
Milan Linate Airport is a major city airport serving Milan, Italy, primarily handling domestic and short-haul European flights close to the city center.
D. Ministro Pistarini International Airport
Ministro Pistarini International Airport is the main international gateway to Buenos Aires and one of Argentina’s busiest and most important airports.
E. Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport
Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport is one of Rome’s main airports, serving primarily low-cost and charter flights and located southeast of the city center.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international airport ⓘ transport infrastructure ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Palermo Airport ⓘ surface form: Aeroporto di Palermo Falcone e Borsellino Palermo Airport ⓘ surface form: Falcone–Borsellino Airport Punta Raisi Airport ⓘ
cityServed	Palermo ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
distanceFromCityCentre	about 35 km northwest of Palermo ⓘ
groundTransport	bus connections to Palermo ⓘ railway station Punta Raisi on the Palermo metropolitan railway service ⓘ taxi services ⓘ
hasFacility	car rental services ⓘ parking areas ⓘ shops and restaurants ⓘ
hasNavigationAid	instrument landing system on main runway ⓘ
hasPassengerTerminal	main terminal building ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 07/25 ⓘ
IATAcode	PMO ⓘ
ICAOcode	LICJ ⓘ
locatedIn	Punta Raisi ⓘ Sicily ⓘ Tyrrhenian region ⓘ surface form: northwestern Sicily
locatedNear	Cinisi ⓘ
locatedOnCoast	Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
namedAfter	Giovanni Falcone ⓘ Paolo Borsellino ⓘ
offersServiceType	domestic flights ⓘ international flights ⓘ
opened	1960s ⓘ
operator	GESAP S.p.A. ⓘ
partOf	Italian national airport network ⓘ
region	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean
regionServed	Sicily ⓘ
replaced	Boccadifalco Airport as main airport of Palermo ⓘ
runwayCount	2 ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
serves	Metropolitan City of Palermo ⓘ Palermo ⓘ northwestern Sicily ⓘ
servesAsBaseFor	Alitalia ⓘ surface form: ITA Airways Ryanair ⓘ
servesAsHubFor	Ryanair ⓘ
servesTourismTo	Cefalù ⓘ Monreale ⓘ Palermo ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited