Blaise Diagne International Airport
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Blaise Diagne International Airport is the main international gateway to Senegal, serving the Dakar region as a modern hub for passenger and cargo flights.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blaise Diagne International Airport canonical | 11 |
| Blaise Diagne International Airport (named after him) | 1 |
| Dakar international airport area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T698506 — 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: Blaise Diagne International Airport Context triple: [Dakar, nearAirport, Blaise Diagne International Airport]
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A.
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is the former main international airport of Senegal, serving the capital Dakar and named after the country's first president and renowned poet.
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B.
Benina International Airport
Benina International Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.
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C.
Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene Airport is the main international airport serving Algiers and one of the busiest aviation hubs in Algeria.
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D.
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport is a major international airport in eastern France serving the city of Lyon and the surrounding Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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E.
Piarco International Airport
Piarco International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport serving the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
- 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: Blaise Diagne International Airport Target entity description: Blaise Diagne International Airport is the main international gateway to Senegal, serving the Dakar region as a modern hub for passenger and cargo flights.
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A.
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport is the former main international airport of Senegal, serving the capital Dakar and named after the country's first president and renowned poet.
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B.
Benina International Airport
Benina International Airport is the main international airport serving the city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.
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C.
Houari Boumediene Airport
Houari Boumediene Airport is the main international airport serving Algiers and one of the busiest aviation hubs in Algeria.
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D.
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport is a major international airport in eastern France serving the city of Lyon and the surrounding Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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E.
Piarco International Airport
Piarco International Airport is the main international gateway and busiest airport serving the twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Senegal ⓘ |
| distanceFromDakar | approximately 40 kilometers ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 292 feet ⓘ |
| handlesTrafficType |
air cargo
ⓘ
domestic passenger traffic ⓘ international passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasCargoTerminal | cargo facilities ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
connects Senegal with Africa
ⓘ
connects Senegal with Europe ⓘ connects Senegal with the Middle East ⓘ |
| hasPassengerTerminal | main passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 01/19 ⓘ |
| IATAcode | DSS ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | GOBD ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Diass
ⓘ
Thiès Region ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Ndiass ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Blaise Diagne ⓘ |
| openedForOperations | December 2017 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Aéroport International Blaise Diagne SA ⓘ |
| regionServed | Cap-Vert Peninsula ⓘ |
| replaced | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport ⓘ |
| role |
hub for cargo flights
ⓘ
hub for passenger flights ⓘ main international gateway to Senegal ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Dakar Region
ⓘ
surface form:
Dakar region
|
| servesCity | Dakar ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC±00:00 ⓘ |
| type | public airport ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Blaise Diagne International Airport Description of subject: Blaise Diagne International Airport is the main international gateway to Senegal, serving the Dakar region as a modern hub for passenger and cargo flights.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dakar international airport area
this entity surface form:
Blaise Diagne International Airport (named after him)