U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
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U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a major Thai naval air base in eastern Thailand that also supports joint military operations and serves as part of the region’s international airport complex.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield canonical | 2 |
| Royal Thai Navy air base | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7801408 — 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: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Context triple: [U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport, hasMilitaryBase, U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield]
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A.
Nakhon Ratchasima air base
Nakhon Ratchasima air base is a major Royal Thai Air Force installation located near the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand.
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B.
Mingaladon Air Base
Mingaladon Air Base is a major military airfield near Yangon that serves as one of the principal operational and logistical hubs of the Myanmar Air Force.
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C.
Maguwo Airfield
Maguwo Airfield was the original airfield serving Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which later developed into what is now Adisutjipto International Airport.
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D.
Meiktila Air Base
Meiktila Air Base is a major Myanmar Air Force installation in central Myanmar that serves as a key hub for air operations and military aviation activities.
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E.
Pratas Islands airstrip
Pratas Islands airstrip is a small military and emergency-use runway on the remote Pratas (Dongsha) atoll in the South China Sea, supporting limited aviation access to the island.
- 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: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Target entity description: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a major Thai naval air base in eastern Thailand that also supports joint military operations and serves as part of the region’s international airport complex.
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A.
Nakhon Ratchasima air base
Nakhon Ratchasima air base is a major Royal Thai Air Force installation located near the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand.
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B.
Mingaladon Air Base
Mingaladon Air Base is a major military airfield near Yangon that serves as one of the principal operational and logistical hubs of the Myanmar Air Force.
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C.
Maguwo Airfield
Maguwo Airfield was the original airfield serving Yogyakarta, Indonesia, which later developed into what is now Adisutjipto International Airport.
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D.
Meiktila Air Base
Meiktila Air Base is a major Myanmar Air Force installation in central Myanmar that serves as a key hub for air operations and military aviation activities.
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E.
Pratas Islands airstrip
Pratas Islands airstrip is a small military and emergency-use runway on the remote Pratas (Dongsha) atoll in the South China Sea, supporting limited aviation access to the island.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ naval air station ⓘ |
| country | Thailand ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Royal Thai Navy Air Division
ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Thai Naval Air Division
|
| hasApron |
civil aircraft apron
ⓘ
military aircraft apron ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
alternate international airport for Bangkok region
ⓘ
strategic airlift hub ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
VOR/DME
ⓘ
instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | civil passenger terminal ⓘ |
| IATAcode | UTP ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VTBU ⓘ |
| location |
Rayong Province
ⓘ
eastern Thailand ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | naval aviation ⓘ |
| nearCity |
Pattaya
ⓘ
Sattahip ⓘ
linked to:
Sattahip District
|
| operator | Royal Thai Navy ⓘ |
| partOf |
Thailand’s national airport network
ⓘ
U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport ⓘ |
| region | Gulf of Thailand ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Eastern Seaboard industrial zone of Thailand
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Seaboard of Thailand
|
| role |
Royal Thai Navy air base
ⓘ
linked to:
U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield
civil international airport ⓘ joint military operations base ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 18/36 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Chonburi
ⓘ
Pattaya ⓘ Rayong ⓘ
linked to:
Rayong Province
|
| servesRegion |
Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Economic Corridor
|
| strategicImportance |
backup airport for Bangkok’s main airports
ⓘ
regional transport hub for eastern Thailand ⓘ |
| supports |
disaster relief logistics
ⓘ
humanitarian relief operations ⓘ multinational military operations ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC+07:00 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Thai Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Thai Navy ⓘ civilian airlines ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cargo flights
ⓘ
commercial passenger flights ⓘ joint military exercises ⓘ military aviation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield Description of subject: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield is a major Thai naval air base in eastern Thailand that also supports joint military operations and serves as part of the region’s international airport complex.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield