Velana International Airport
E193288
Velana International Airport is the main international gateway to the Maldives, serving the capital region and acting as the country’s primary hub for global air travel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Velana International Airport canonical | 7 |
| Male Velana International Airport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1734531 — 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: Velana International Airport Context triple: [Malé, hasAirport, Velana International Airport]
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A.
Nadi International Airport
Nadi International Airport is Fiji’s main international gateway and busiest airport, serving as the primary hub for international flights to and from the country.
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B.
Lombok International Airport
Lombok International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Indonesian island of Lombok, handling domestic and international flights for the region.
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C.
Mitiga International Airport
Mitiga International Airport is a major airport serving Tripoli, Libya, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Palam Airport
Palam Airport is the former name and original airfield of Delhi’s main international airport, now known as Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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E.
Kualanamu International Airport
Kualanamu International Airport is a major international airport in North Sumatra, Indonesia, serving the city of Medan as one of the country’s primary air transport hubs.
- 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: Velana International Airport Target entity description: Velana International Airport is the main international gateway to the Maldives, serving the capital region and acting as the country’s primary hub for global air travel.
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A.
Nadi International Airport
Nadi International Airport is Fiji’s main international gateway and busiest airport, serving as the primary hub for international flights to and from the country.
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B.
Lombok International Airport
Lombok International Airport is the main commercial airport serving the Indonesian island of Lombok, handling domestic and international flights for the region.
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C.
Mitiga International Airport
Mitiga International Airport is a major airport serving Tripoli, Libya, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Palam Airport
Palam Airport is the former name and original airfield of Delhi’s main international airport, now known as Indira Gandhi International Airport.
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E.
Kualanamu International Airport
Kualanamu International Airport is a major international airport in North Sumatra, Indonesia, serving the city of Medan as one of the country’s primary air transport hubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| airportType | public ⓘ |
| connectedTo | Malé via causeway and bridge ⓘ |
| country | Maldives ⓘ |
| focusCityFor | Flyme ⓘ |
| formerName |
Ibrahim Nasir International Airport
ⓘ
Malé International Airport ⓘ |
| handlesTrafficType |
domestic flights
ⓘ
international flights ⓘ seaplane operations ⓘ |
| hasApron |
domestic aircraft parking stands
ⓘ
international aircraft parking stands ⓘ seaplane docks ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
domestic passenger terminal
ⓘ
international passenger terminal ⓘ seaplane terminal ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
NDB
ⓘ
VOR/DME ⓘ instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hubFor | Maldivian ⓘ |
| IATAcode | MLE ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VRMM ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hulhulé Island
ⓘ
Kaafu Atoll ⓘ Maldives ⓘ North Malé Atoll ⓘ |
| locatedOn | separate island from Malé ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ibrahim Nasir ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Indian Ocean ⓘ |
| operator | Maldives Airports Company Limited ⓘ |
| owner |
government of Maldives
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Maldives
|
| partOf | Malé metropolitan area ⓘ |
| primaryCityServed | Malé ⓘ |
| regionServed | capital region of Maldives ⓘ |
| role | primary entry point for tourists to the Maldives ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation |
18
ⓘ
36 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Greater Malé urban area
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Malé Region
Malé ⓘ |
| servesAs |
gateway to Maldivian resort islands
ⓘ
main international gateway to the Maldives ⓘ primary hub for international air travel in the Maldives ⓘ |
| servesIndustry | tourism in the Maldives ⓘ |
| timezone | Maldives Time ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
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: Velana International Airport Description of subject: Velana International Airport is the main international gateway to the Maldives, serving the capital region and acting as the country’s primary hub for global air travel.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Malé
this entity surface form:
Male Velana International Airport