Lukla Airport
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Lukla Airport is a small, high-altitude airstrip in Nepal’s Khumbu region that serves as the primary gateway for trekkers and climbers heading toward Mount Everest.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lukla Airport canonical | 5 |
| Lukla | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9921733 — 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: Lukla Airport Context triple: [Everest Base Camp trek, accessedVia, Lukla Airport]
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A.
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a high-altitude civilian airport in Leh, Ladakh, serving as a key air gateway to the Indian Himalayas.
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B.
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport is the main international gateway to Nepal, serving as the primary airport for the capital city of Kathmandu.
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C.
Paro Airport
Paro Airport is Bhutan’s primary international airport, known for its challenging approach amid steep mountains and limited number of pilots certified to land there.
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D.
Pokhara International Airport
Pokhara International Airport is a modern international airport in Pokhara, Nepal, serving as a key gateway to the Annapurna region and boosting tourism and connectivity in western Nepal.
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E.
Donyi Polo Airport
Donyi Polo Airport is a domestic airport serving Itanagar and the surrounding region in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
- 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: Lukla Airport Target entity description: Lukla Airport is a small, high-altitude airstrip in Nepal’s Khumbu region that serves as the primary gateway for trekkers and climbers heading toward Mount Everest.
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A.
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport is a high-altitude civilian airport in Leh, Ladakh, serving as a key air gateway to the Indian Himalayas.
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B.
Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport is the main international gateway to Nepal, serving as the primary airport for the capital city of Kathmandu.
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C.
Paro Airport
Paro Airport is Bhutan’s primary international airport, known for its challenging approach amid steep mountains and limited number of pilots certified to land there.
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D.
Pokhara International Airport
Pokhara International Airport is a modern international airport in Pokhara, Nepal, serving as a key gateway to the Annapurna region and boosting tourism and connectivity in western Nepal.
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E.
Donyi Polo Airport
Donyi Polo Airport is a domestic airport serving Itanagar and the surrounding region in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
public airport ⓘ |
| approachType | visual flight rules ⓘ |
| country | Nepal ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
2860 metres
ⓘ
about 9383 feet ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
cliff at runway end
ⓘ
no instrument landing system ⓘ short takeoff and landing runway ⓘ |
| IATAcode | LUA ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VNLK ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being one of the most dangerous airports in the world
ⓘ
challenging approach ⓘ high-altitude operations ⓘ short runway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khumbu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Khumbu Valley
Province No. 1 ⓘ Solukhumbu District ⓘ eastern Nepal ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Edmund Hillary
ⓘ
Tenzing Norgay ⓘ |
| near |
Everest Base Camp trekking route
ⓘ
linked to:
Everest Base Camp trek
Sagarmatha National Park ⓘ |
| officialName |
Tenzing–Hillary Airport
ⓘ
linked to:
Tenzing-Hillary Airport
|
| operatedBy | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
access to Everest region
ⓘ
access to trekking routes in Khumbu ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
about 1730 feet
ⓘ
about 527 metres ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation | 06/24 ⓘ |
| runwaySlope | significant uphill gradient ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Khumbu region
ⓘ
linked to:
Khumbu Valley
Lukla ⓘ |
| servesAs |
gateway for Everest Base Camp treks
ⓘ
gateway to Mount Everest ⓘ |
| servesTraffic | domestic flights ⓘ |
| terrain | mountainous terrain ⓘ |
| timeZone | Nepal Time ⓘ |
| typicalAircraft |
DHC-6 Twin Otter
ⓘ
linked to:
Twin Otter
Dornier 228 ⓘ
linked to:
Dornier Do 228
twin-engine STOL aircraft ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | UTC+5:45 ⓘ |
| weatherConditions |
frequent low clouds
ⓘ
rapidly changing weather ⓘ strong winds ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lukla Airport Description of subject: Lukla Airport is a small, high-altitude airstrip in Nepal’s Khumbu region that serves as the primary gateway for trekkers and climbers heading toward Mount Everest.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.