KTYS

E221857

ICAO airport code airport

KTYS is the ICAO airport code for McGhee Tyson Airport, the primary commercial airport serving Knoxville, Tennessee.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
KTYS canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1980021 — 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: KTYS
Context triple: [McGhee Tyson Airport, ICAOcode, KTYS]

A. KTTS
KTTS is the ICAO airport code for the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a specialized runway used primarily for space shuttle and space-related aircraft operations.
B. K.T.S.E.
K.T.S.E. is Teyana Taylor’s critically acclaimed 2018 R&B album known for its soulful production and emotionally candid songwriting.
C. KT
KT is a UK postcode area covering Kingston upon Thames and surrounding parts of southwest London and north Surrey.
D. KWT
KWT is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Kuwait.
E. KCLT
KCLT is the ICAO airport code for Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a major commercial aviation hub serving Charlotte, North Carolina.
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: KTYS
Target entity description: KTYS is the ICAO airport code for McGhee Tyson Airport, the primary commercial airport serving Knoxville, Tennessee.

A. KTTS
KTTS is the ICAO airport code for the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a specialized runway used primarily for space shuttle and space-related aircraft operations.
B. K.T.S.E.
K.T.S.E. is Teyana Taylor’s critically acclaimed 2018 R&B album known for its soulful production and emotionally candid songwriting.
C. KT
KT is a UK postcode area covering Kingston upon Thames and surrounding parts of southwest London and north Surrey.
D. KWT
KWT is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Kuwait.
E. KCLT
KCLT is the ICAO airport code for Charlotte Douglas International Airport, a major commercial aviation hub serving Charlotte, North Carolina.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ICAO airport code ⓘ airport ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elevationFeet	981 ⓘ
faaLid	TYS ⓘ
hasAirlineServiceType	domestic flights ⓘ regional flights ⓘ
hasCargoOperations	true ⓘ
hasPassengerService	true ⓘ
hasTerminalType	passenger terminal ⓘ
hasUse	military ⓘ public ⓘ
iataCode	TYS ⓘ
icaoCodeFor	McGhee Tyson Airport ⓘ
icaoPrefix	K ⓘ
identifies	McGhee Tyson Airport ⓘ
isPrimaryCommercialAirportFor	Knoxville metropolitan area ⓘ
locatedIn	Alcoa, Tennessee ⓘ
militaryTenant	McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base ⓘ
nearCity	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knoxville
operator	Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority ⓘ
pushpinMapRegion	Tennessee ⓘ USA ⓘ
runway	Runway 5L/23R ⓘ Runway 5R/23L ⓘ
runwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
serves	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
servesRegion	Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ surface form: East Tennessee
state	Tennessee ⓘ
timeZone	America/New_York ⓘ
usesRunwayNumberingScheme	5L/23R ⓘ 5R/23L ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

McGhee Tyson Airport → ICAOcode → KTYS ⓘ

TYS → ICAO code → KTYS ⓘ

subject surface form: McGhee Tyson Airport

TYS → hasCode → KTYS ⓘ