Southend Airport

E16896

airport international airport railway station regional airport runway

Southend Airport is a regional international airport in Essex, England, serving the London area with passenger and cargo flights.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
London Southend Airport	17
Southend Airport canonical	6
Newcastle Airport	1
Southend Municipal Airport	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90506 — 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: Southend Airport
Context triple: [London, hasAirport, Southend Airport]

A. Luton Airport
Luton Airport is a major international airport north of London that serves as a key hub for low-cost airlines and short-haul European flights.
B. Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport is a major international airport serving the London area, particularly known as a hub for low-cost and European short-haul flights.
C. Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
D. Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
E. Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major global aviation hub for London.
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: Southend Airport
Target entity description: Southend Airport is a regional international airport in Essex, England, serving the London area with passenger and cargo flights.

A. Luton Airport
Luton Airport is a major international airport north of London that serves as a key hub for low-cost airlines and short-haul European flights.
B. Stansted Airport
Stansted Airport is a major international airport serving the London area, particularly known as a hub for low-cost and European short-haul flights.
C. Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport is a major international airport in North West England serving the Greater Manchester region and acting as a key hub for domestic and global flights.
D. Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport is a major international airport serving the London area and is one of the busiest airports in the United Kingdom.
E. Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is the United Kingdom’s largest and busiest international airport, serving as a major global aviation hub for London.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ international airport ⓘ railway station ⓘ regional airport ⓘ runway ⓘ
cityServed	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Southend-on-Sea ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
distanceFromCentralLondon	approximately 36 miles ⓘ approximately 58 kilometres ⓘ
elevation	15 metres ⓘ 49 feet ⓘ
formerName	RAF Rochford ⓘ Southend Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southend Municipal Airport
hasApron	cargo aircraft stands ⓘ passenger aircraft stands ⓘ
hasFacility	air traffic control tower ⓘ cargo handling facilities ⓘ fire and rescue service ⓘ general aviation facilities ⓘ instrument landing system ⓘ
hasNavigationAid	NDB ⓘ VOR/DME ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Southend Airport railway station ⓘ
hasRunway	Runway 05/23 ⓘ
hasTerminal	passenger terminal ⓘ
hasUse	cargo flights ⓘ general aviation ⓘ passenger flights ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://southendairport.com ⓘ
IATAcode	SEN ⓘ
ICAOcode	EGMC ⓘ
length	1856 metres ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Essex ⓘ Rochford District ⓘ
locatedOn	Shenfield–Southend Line ⓘ
marketingName	Southend Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: London Southend Airport
opened	1914 ⓘ
operator	London Southend Airport Company Limited ⓘ
owner	Esken Limited ⓘ
regionServed	East of England ⓘ
runwayOrientation	050/230 degrees ⓘ
serves	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Southend-on-Sea ⓘ
surface	asphalt ⓘ
timezone	Europe/London ⓘ
usedDuring	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usesDaylightSavingTime	British Summer Time ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

London, England → hasAirport → Southend Airport ⓘ

subject surface form: London

Jet2.com → hubAirport → Southend Airport ⓘ

this entity surface form: Newcastle Airport

Southend Airport → formerName → Southend Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southend Municipal Airport

Southend Airport → marketingName → Southend Airport self-linksurface differs ⓘ