Henderson Field
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Henderson Field is the main airfield on Midway Atoll, historically significant for its role in World War II military aviation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henderson Field canonical | 3 |
| Henderson Field area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7035490 — 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: Henderson Field Context triple: [Midway Atoll, hasFacility, Henderson Field]
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Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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B.
Hammons Field
Hammons Field is a baseball stadium in Springfield, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Springfield Cardinals minor league team.
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C.
Dunn Field
Dunn Field is the historic Cleveland baseball park that served as the longtime home of the Cleveland Indians in the early 20th century.
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D.
Bennett Field
Bennett Field is an early 20th-century baseball park in Detroit, historically known as the home field of the Detroit Tigers before it was renamed Navin Field and later Tiger Stadium.
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E.
Billy Hebert Field
Billy Hebert Field is a historic baseball stadium in Stockton, California, long used for minor league and local baseball before being replaced by a modern downtown ballpark.
- 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: Henderson Field Target entity description: Henderson Field is the main airfield on Midway Atoll, historically significant for its role in World War II military aviation.
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A.
Henderson Field
Henderson Field is a strategically vital airfield on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands that became a focal point of intense fighting between Allied and Japanese forces during World War II.
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B.
Hammons Field
Hammons Field is a baseball stadium in Springfield, Missouri, best known as the longtime home of the Springfield Cardinals minor league team.
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C.
Dunn Field
Dunn Field is the historic Cleveland baseball park that served as the longtime home of the Cleveland Indians in the early 20th century.
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D.
Bennett Field
Bennett Field is an early 20th-century baseball park in Detroit, historically known as the home field of the Detroit Tigers before it was renamed Navin Field and later Tiger Stadium.
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E.
Billy Hebert Field
Billy Hebert Field is a historic baseball stadium in Stockton, California, long used for minor league and local baseball before being replaced by a modern downtown ballpark.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ |
| associatedWithBattle | Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
13 feet
ⓘ
4 meters ⓘ |
| environmentalContext | located within a protected marine ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasAccessRestrictions | controlled access due to wildlife refuge status ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Midway Airport
ⓘ
Midway Islands Airport ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in the United States Minor Outlying Islands
ⓘ
Military facilities in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ World War II airfields in the United States ⓘ |
| hasIATAcode | MDY ⓘ |
| hasICAOcode |
PMDY
ⓘ
linked to:
MDY
|
| hasInfrastructure | terminal and support buildings ⓘ |
| hasLighting | runway lighting for night operations ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | instrument approach procedures ⓘ |
| hasRole | logistical support point for Pacific operations ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 6/24 ⓘ |
| hasRunwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| hasTimezone |
Hawaii–Aleutian Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
|
| hasUse |
emergency diversion airfield in the Pacific
ⓘ
limited civilian and charter flights ⓘ support for refuge operations ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | World War II military aviation ⓘ |
| isNamedFor |
Major Lofton Russell Henderson
ⓘ
linked to:
Major Lofton R. Henderson
|
| isOnIslandGroup |
Midway Islands
ⓘ
linked to:
Midway Atoll
|
| isRemoteFrom | major population centers ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Midway Atoll
ⓘ
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ⓘ United States Minor Outlying Islands ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Pacific unorganized territories
|
| locatedOn |
Sand Island (Midway Atoll)
ⓘ
linked to:
Midway Atoll
|
| namedAfter | Lofton R. Henderson ⓘ |
| namedForRole | commemoration of a Marine Corps aviator killed at the Battle of Midway ⓘ |
| operator | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ |
| partOf |
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial
ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Midway National Memorial
|
| runwayOrientation | 060/240 degrees ⓘ |
| serves | Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ |
| strategicLocation | central North Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| supports | scientific and conservation activities on Midway Atoll ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Army Air Forces
ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| usedDuring | World War II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Henderson Field Description of subject: Henderson Field is the main airfield on Midway Atoll, historically significant for its role in World War II military aviation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Henderson Field