Juan Santamaría International Airport
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Juan Santamaría International Airport is the main international gateway to Costa Rica, serving the capital region around San José.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Juan Santamaría International Airport canonical | 6 |
| Juan Santamaría International Airport area | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1383845 — 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: Juan Santamaría International Airport Context triple: [San José, hasAirport, Juan Santamaría International Airport]
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A.
Toncontín International Airport
Toncontín International Airport is a notoriously challenging international airport in Honduras, serving the capital city of Tegucigalpa and known for its short runway and difficult mountainous approach.
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B.
Humberto Delgado Airport
Humberto Delgado Airport is the main international airport serving Lisbon and one of Portugal’s busiest air transport hubs.
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C.
Ignacio Agramonte International Airport
Ignacio Agramonte International Airport is a major airport serving the city of Camagüey in central Cuba, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Abel Santamaría Airport
Abel Santamaría Airport is an international airport in Santa Clara, Cuba, serving as a key gateway for tourists visiting the central region and nearby resort areas.
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E.
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport is the main international airport serving Guayaquil, Ecuador, and one of the country’s busiest 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: Juan Santamaría International Airport Target entity description: Juan Santamaría International Airport is the main international gateway to Costa Rica, serving the capital region around San José.
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A.
Toncontín International Airport
Toncontín International Airport is a notoriously challenging international airport in Honduras, serving the capital city of Tegucigalpa and known for its short runway and difficult mountainous approach.
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B.
Humberto Delgado Airport
Humberto Delgado Airport is the main international airport serving Lisbon and one of Portugal’s busiest air transport hubs.
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C.
Ignacio Agramonte International Airport
Ignacio Agramonte International Airport is a major airport serving the city of Camagüey in central Cuba, handling both domestic and international flights.
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D.
Abel Santamaría Airport
Abel Santamaría Airport is an international airport in Santa Clara, Cuba, serving as a key gateway for tourists visiting the central region and nearby resort areas.
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E.
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport
José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport is the main international airport serving Guayaquil, Ecuador, and one of the country’s busiest air transport hubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
civil airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| airlineHubFor |
Avianca
ⓘ
surface form:
Avianca Costa Rica
Costa Rica Green Airways ⓘ Sansa Airlines ⓘ |
| cityServed | San José ⓘ |
| country | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCenter | approximately 20 km west of downtown San José ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCenterKilometers | 20 ⓘ |
| elevationFeet | 3020 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 921 ⓘ |
| focusCityFor |
Copa Airlines
ⓘ
Volaris ⓘ
surface form:
Volaris Costa Rica
|
| handlesTrafficType |
cargo traffic
ⓘ
domestic passenger traffic ⓘ international passenger traffic ⓘ |
| hasApron |
cargo apron
ⓘ
passenger apron ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in Costa Rica
ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Alajuela Province ⓘ International airports in North America ⓘ Transport in San José, Costa Rica ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://sjoairport.com/ ⓘ |
| hasPassengerTerminal |
domestic terminal
ⓘ
main international terminal ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SJO ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | MROC ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alajuela Province
ⓘ
surface form:
Alajuela
Alajuela Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | San José ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Central Valley of Costa Rica
ⓘ
surface form:
Costa Rican Central Valley
|
| namedAfter | Juan Santamaría ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | national hero of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| opened | 1958 ⓘ |
| operator | AERIS Holdings Costa Rica ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| pushpinLabel | SJO ⓘ |
| pushpinMap | Costa Rica ⓘ |
| replaced |
Tobías Bolaños International Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
La Sabana Airport
|
| runway | 07/25 ⓘ |
| runwayLengthMeters | 3012 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesAs |
hub for Costa Rica
ⓘ
primary international gateway of Costa Rica ⓘ |
| servesCity | San José ⓘ |
| servesMetropolitanArea | San José metropolitan area ⓘ |
| servesRegion | Central America ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Juan Santamaría International Airport Description of subject: Juan Santamaría International Airport is the main international gateway to Costa Rica, serving the capital region around San José.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Route 1 (Costa Rica)
this entity surface form:
Juan Santamaría International Airport area