Edwards AFB Runway 17
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Edwards AFB Runway 17 is a major runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, historically used as a landing site for NASA Space Shuttle missions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Edwards AFB Runway 17 canonical | 2 |
| Runway 22, Edwards AFB | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9867149 — 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: Edwards AFB Runway 17 Context triple: [STS-27, landingRunway, Edwards AFB Runway 17]
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A.
Davison Army Airfield
Davison Army Airfield is a U.S. Army aviation facility in Virginia that supports military helicopter and fixed-wing operations for the National Capital Region.
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B.
Hunter Municipal Airfield
Hunter Municipal Airfield was a former civilian airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that later became the U.S. Army installation known as Hunter Army Airfield.
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C.
Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
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D.
Wheeler Army Airfield
Wheeler Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, historically significant for its role in the defense of Pearl Harbor and ongoing military aviation operations.
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E.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
- 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: Edwards AFB Runway 17 Target entity description: Edwards AFB Runway 17 is a major runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, historically used as a landing site for NASA Space Shuttle missions.
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A.
Davison Army Airfield
Davison Army Airfield is a U.S. Army aviation facility in Virginia that supports military helicopter and fixed-wing operations for the National Capital Region.
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B.
Hunter Municipal Airfield
Hunter Municipal Airfield was a former civilian airfield in Savannah, Georgia, that later became the U.S. Army installation known as Hunter Army Airfield.
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C.
Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
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D.
Wheeler Army Airfield
Wheeler Army Airfield is a U.S. Army airfield on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, historically significant for its role in the defense of Pearl Harbor and ongoing military aviation operations.
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E.
Pope Army Airfield
Pope Army Airfield is a U.S. military airfield in North Carolina that supports airborne and special operations units and is closely associated with Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | runway ⓘ |
| airfieldIATA | EDW ⓘ |
| airfieldICAO | KEDW ⓘ |
| associatedWithAgency |
Armstrong Flight Research Center
ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center ⓘ
linked to:
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
|
| associatedWithProgram | NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ |
| belongsToBranch |
United States Air Force Air Force Materiel Command
ⓘ
linked to:
Air Force Materiel Command
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasFunction |
supports experimental and test aircraft
ⓘ
supports large aircraft operations ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
integral to Edwards AFB’s role as a major flight test location
ⓘ
part of the infrastructure supporting US aerospace testing and development ⓘ |
| hasRunwayNumberPair | 17/35 ⓘ |
| historicalUse | landing site for multiple Space Shuttle missions ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ Kern County, California ⓘ
linked to:
Kern County
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| locatedOnInstallation | Edwards Air Force Base main base ⓘ |
| militaryInstallationType | USAF flight test center runway ⓘ |
| nearbyFacility |
Edwards AFB dry lakebed runways
ⓘ
Rogers Dry Lake ⓘ |
| notableFor |
supporting Space Shuttle orbiter landings when Kennedy Space Center was unavailable
ⓘ
use in high-speed flight test operations ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| orientation | north–south ⓘ |
| partOf |
Edwards Air Force Base airfield complex
ⓘ
linked to:
Edwards Air Force Base
|
| primaryUseEra | late 20th century ⓘ |
| roleInProgram |
alternate landing site for Space Shuttle missions
ⓘ
primary contingency landing runway for Space Shuttle at Edwards AFB ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 17 ⓘ |
| runwayDirection | approximately 170 degrees magnetic ⓘ |
| surfaceType | paved ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Air Force Test Center
ⓘ
NASA ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedFor |
NASA Space Shuttle landings
ⓘ
landing of bomber aircraft ⓘ landing of heavy transport aircraft ⓘ landing of research aircraft ⓘ military flight operations ⓘ test flight operations ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Edwards AFB Runway 17 Description of subject: Edwards AFB Runway 17 is a major runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California, historically used as a landing site for NASA Space Shuttle missions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.