William P. Hobby Airport
E100659
William P. Hobby Airport is a major international airport serving the Houston area, known primarily as a hub for domestic flights and Southwest Airlines operations.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| William P. Hobby Airport canonical | 13 |
| Houston Municipal Airport | 1 |
| Houston William P. Hobby Airport | 1 |
| William P. Hobby Airport (named in his honor) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T627367 — 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: William P. Hobby Airport Context triple: [Houston, has, William P. Hobby Airport]
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A.
Dallas Love Field
Dallas Love Field is a major public airport located near downtown Dallas, Texas, serving primarily domestic flights and functioning as a key hub for Southwest Airlines.
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B.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is a major international airport serving the Houston, Texas area and one of the primary hubs for United Airlines.
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C.
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is a public airport in Fort Worth, Texas, primarily serving general aviation and corporate traffic within the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
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D.
North Texas Regional Airport
North Texas Regional Airport is a public airport in North Texas that serves the Denison–Sherman area with general aviation and regional air services.
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E.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is a major international airport in North Texas and one of the busiest airline hubs in the United States.
- 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: William P. Hobby Airport Target entity description: William P. Hobby Airport is a major international airport serving the Houston area, known primarily as a hub for domestic flights and Southwest Airlines operations.
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A.
Dallas Love Field
Dallas Love Field is a major public airport located near downtown Dallas, Texas, serving primarily domestic flights and functioning as a key hub for Southwest Airlines.
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B.
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport is a major international airport serving the Houston, Texas area and one of the primary hubs for United Airlines.
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C.
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport
Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is a public airport in Fort Worth, Texas, primarily serving general aviation and corporate traffic within the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
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D.
North Texas Regional Airport
North Texas Regional Airport is a public airport in North Texas that serves the Denison–Sherman area with general aviation and regional air services.
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E.
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport is a major international airport in North Texas and one of the busiest airline hubs in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ public airport ⓘ |
| cityServed | Houston ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distanceFromCityCenter | approximately 7 miles southeast of downtown Houston ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
14 meters
ⓘ
46 feet ⓘ |
| FAAcode |
Houston
ⓘ
surface form:
HOU
|
| focusCityFor | Southwest Airlines ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
airports in Texas
ⓘ
buildings and structures in Houston ⓘ |
| hasCode | HOU ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air cargo facilities
ⓘ
parking garages ⓘ rental car center ⓘ |
| hasMajorAirlineTenant | Southwest Airlines ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | instrument landing systems ⓘ |
| hasPassengerServiceType |
domestic flights
ⓘ
international flights ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 04/22
ⓘ
Runway 13L/31R ⓘ Runway 13R/31L ⓘ |
| hasTerminal |
domestic terminal
ⓘ
international terminal ⓘ |
| hasUse |
commercial aviation
ⓘ
general aviation ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.fly2houston.com/hou ⓘ |
| IATAcode |
Houston
ⓘ
surface form:
HOU
|
| ICAOcode | KHOU ⓘ |
| isOlderThan | George Bush Intercontinental Airport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Houston
ⓘ
Texas ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Central Time Zone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
William P. Hobby
ⓘ
surface form:
William P. Hobby Sr.
|
| openedAs |
William P. Hobby Airport
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston Municipal Airport
|
| operator | Houston Airport System ⓘ |
| owner |
Houston
ⓘ
surface form:
City of Houston
|
| primaryAirlineHubFor | Southwest Airlines ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority | Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ |
| renamedInHonorOf |
William P. Hobby
ⓘ
surface form:
William P. Hobby Sr.
|
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston metropolitan area
|
| servesAs | secondary airport for Houston ⓘ |
| transportationLink |
METRO bus service
ⓘ
rideshare services ⓘ taxi services ⓘ |
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: William P. Hobby Airport Description of subject: William P. Hobby Airport is a major international airport serving the Houston area, known primarily as a hub for domestic flights and Southwest Airlines operations.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Houston William P. Hobby Airport
this entity surface form:
Houston Municipal Airport
this entity surface form:
William P. Hobby Airport (named in his honor)