Edwards AFB Runway 17

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runway

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Runway 22, Edwards AFB	2
Edwards AFB Runway 17 canonical	1

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]

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.
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.
C. Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
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.
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.

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.
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.
C. Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a U.S. Navy airfield near Pensacola, Florida, primarily used for naval aviation training and support operations.
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.
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
airfieldICAO	KEDW NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithAgency	Armstrong Flight Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA Dryden Flight Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithProgram	NASA Space Shuttle program NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsToBranch	United States Air Force Air Force Materiel Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
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, United States ⓘ surface form: California Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED ⓘ Kern County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOnInstallation	Edwards Air Force Base main base ⓘ
militaryInstallationType	USAF flight test center runway ⓘ
nearbyFacility	Edwards AFB dry lakebed runways NERFINISHED ⓘ Rogers Dry Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ 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

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

STS-27 → landingRunway → Edwards AFB Runway 17 ⓘ

STS-92 → landingRunway → Edwards AFB Runway 17 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Runway 22, Edwards AFB

STS-30 → landingRunway → Edwards AFB Runway 17 ⓘ