Malta International Airport
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Malta International Airport is the main international gateway to the island nation of Malta, serving as its primary passenger and cargo aviation hub.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Malta International Airport canonical | 10 |
| Malta International Airport plc | 2 |
| Malta International Airport environs | 1 |
| Malta International Airport passenger terminal and facilities | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10731214 — 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: Malta International Airport Context triple: [Grand Harbour, nearbyAirport, Malta International Airport]
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A.
Palermo Airport
Palermo Airport is a major international airport serving the city of Palermo and the surrounding region in northwestern Sicily, Italy.
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B.
Paphos International Airport
Paphos International Airport is a major civil airport in southwestern Cyprus that serves as a key gateway for tourists visiting the Paphos region and nearby coastal resorts.
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C.
Trapani–Birgi Airport
Trapani–Birgi Airport is a civil-military airport in western Sicily, Italy, serving the city of Trapani and the surrounding region with domestic and seasonal international flights.
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D.
Il Caravaggio International Airport
Il Caravaggio International Airport is a major international airport serving the Milan area, particularly known as the low-cost carrier hub located near Bergamo in northern Italy.
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E.
Marsa Brega Airport
Marsa Brega Airport is a small public airport in Marsa al-Brega, Libya, primarily handling domestic flights and serving the nearby oil and industrial facilities.
- 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: Malta International Airport Target entity description: Malta International Airport is the main international gateway to the island nation of Malta, serving as its primary passenger and cargo aviation hub.
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A.
Palermo Airport
Palermo Airport is a major international airport serving the city of Palermo and the surrounding region in northwestern Sicily, Italy.
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B.
Paphos International Airport
Paphos International Airport is a major civil airport in southwestern Cyprus that serves as a key gateway for tourists visiting the Paphos region and nearby coastal resorts.
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C.
Trapani–Birgi Airport
Trapani–Birgi Airport is a civil-military airport in western Sicily, Italy, serving the city of Trapani and the surrounding region with domestic and seasonal international flights.
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D.
Il Caravaggio International Airport
Il Caravaggio International Airport is a major international airport serving the Milan area, particularly known as the low-cost carrier hub located near Bergamo in northern Italy.
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E.
Marsa Brega Airport
Marsa Brega Airport is a small public airport in Marsa al-Brega, Libya, primarily handling domestic flights and serving the nearby oil and industrial facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Luqa Airport ⓘ |
| country | Malta ⓘ |
| distanceFromValletta_km | 5 ⓘ |
| elevation_ft | 300 ⓘ |
| elevation_m | 91 ⓘ |
| focusCityFor |
Ryanair
ⓘ
Wizz Air ⓘ |
| hasApron | civilian apron ⓘ |
| hasCargoFacilities | yes ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
VIP lounge
ⓘ
car rental services ⓘ cargo terminal ⓘ general aviation terminal ⓘ maintenance facilities ⓘ public transport connections ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
ILS
ⓘ
NDB ⓘ VOR/DME ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | single passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.maltairport.com/ ⓘ |
| hubFor | Air Malta ⓘ |
| IATAcode | MLA ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | LMML ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Luqa ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Gudja ⓘ |
| locatedOnIsland | Malta ⓘ |
| nearLocality |
Kirkop
ⓘ
Marsa ⓘ |
| opened | 1992 ⓘ |
| operator |
Malta International Airport plc
ⓘ
linked to:
Malta International Airport
|
| owner |
Malta International Airport plc
ⓘ
linked to:
Malta International Airport
|
| passengerTrafficRole | busiest airport in Malta ⓘ |
| region |
Southern Region of Malta
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Region, Malta
|
| replaced |
Luqa Airport terminal
ⓘ
linked to:
Luqa Airport
|
| role |
primary cargo aviation hub of Malta
ⓘ
primary passenger aviation hub of Malta ⓘ |
| runway |
05/23
ⓘ
13/31 ⓘ |
| runwayLength_05/23_m | 2377 ⓘ |
| runwayLength_13/31_m | 3558 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Malta ⓘ |
| servesCity | Valletta ⓘ |
| servesMetropolitanArea |
Malta metropolitan area
ⓘ
linked to:
Malta conurbation
|
| sharesAirfieldWith |
Armed Forces of Malta Air Wing
ⓘ
linked to:
Armed Forces of Malta
|
| timezone | CET ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
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: Malta International Airport Description of subject: Malta International Airport is the main international gateway to the island nation of Malta, serving as its primary passenger and cargo aviation hub.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Malta International Airport
linked to: Malta International Airport
linked to: Malta International Airport
linked to: Malta International Airport