Lajes Airport
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Lajes Airport is a joint civil-military airfield on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, serving both regional flights and strategic military operations in the North Atlantic.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lajes Airport canonical | 9 |
| Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4 | 2 |
| Base Aérea das Lajes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519039 — 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: Lajes Airport Context triple: [Azores, hasAirport, Lajes Airport]
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A.
La Palma Airport
La Palma Airport is the main commercial airport serving the island of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands, handling domestic and limited international flights for residents and tourists.
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B.
Rio Hato airfield
Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
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C.
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.
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D.
João Paulo II Airport
João Paulo II Airport is the main international airport serving Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago of Portugal.
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- 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: Lajes Airport Target entity description: Lajes Airport is a joint civil-military airfield on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, serving both regional flights and strategic military operations in the North Atlantic.
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A.
La Palma Airport
La Palma Airport is the main commercial airport serving the island of La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands, handling domestic and limited international flights for residents and tourists.
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B.
Rio Hato airfield
Rio Hato airfield is a Panamanian military air base that was a key objective for U.S. forces during the 1989 invasion of Panama, Operation Just Cause.
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C.
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.
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D.
João Paulo II Airport
João Paulo II Airport is the main international airport serving Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island in the Azores archipelago of Portugal.
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
joint civil-military airport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lajes Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Base Aérea das Lajes
Lajes Field ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Angra do Heroísmo
ⓘ
Praia da Vitória ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Portugal ⓘ |
| elevationFeet | 180 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 55 ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
cargo handling facilities ⓘ military air base ⓘ search and rescue facilities ⓘ |
| hasIATAcode | TER ⓘ |
| hasICAOcode | LPLA ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryUnit |
Lajes Airport
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4
US Air Force units (rotational) ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
ILS
ⓘ
NDB ⓘ VOR/DME ⓘ |
| hasRunway | 15/33 ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | civil passenger terminal ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Azores
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Terceira Island ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Portuguese Air Force ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Portugal
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Republic
|
| partOf |
Lajes Airport
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4
|
| regionServed |
Azores
ⓘ
surface form:
Autonomous Region of the Azores
|
| runwayLengthMeters | 3314 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Azores
ⓘ
Terceira Island ⓘ regional flights ⓘ strategic military operations ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
North Atlantic air and naval monitoring
ⓘ
emergency diversion airfield for transatlantic flights ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
North Atlantic military logistics hub
ⓘ
transatlantic air bridge ⓘ |
| supportsOperationType |
air refueling stopovers
ⓘ
civil aviation ⓘ military aviation ⓘ transatlantic flights ⓘ |
| timezone | Azores Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
NATO
ⓘ
Portuguese Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| utcOffset | UTC−01:00 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lajes Airport Description of subject: Lajes Airport is a joint civil-military airfield on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, serving both regional flights and strategic military operations in the North Atlantic.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Base Aérea das Lajes
this entity surface form:
Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4
this entity surface form:
Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4