Vancouver Airport Authority
E266101
Vancouver Airport Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and operating Vancouver International Airport and overseeing its development and services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vancouver Airport Authority canonical | 6 |
| Vancouver International Airport Authority | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2413709 — 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: Vancouver Airport Authority Context triple: [Vancouver International Airport, operator, Vancouver Airport Authority]
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A.
Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport is a major Canadian international airport serving the Vancouver metropolitan area and acting as a key gateway between North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
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B.
Nanaimo Airport
Nanaimo Airport is a regional airport on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, providing commercial and general aviation services to the Nanaimo area.
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C.
Ottawa International Airport Authority
The Ottawa International Airport Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and overseeing operations and development at Ottawa’s main international airport.
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D.
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and operating major airport facilities in the Greater Toronto Area, including Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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E.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico is a major Mexican airport operator that manages a network of key airports across the Pacific region of Mexico and parts of 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: Vancouver Airport Authority Target entity description: Vancouver Airport Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and operating Vancouver International Airport and overseeing its development and services.
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A.
Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport is a major Canadian international airport serving the Vancouver metropolitan area and acting as a key gateway between North America and the Asia-Pacific region.
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B.
Nanaimo Airport
Nanaimo Airport is a regional airport on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, providing commercial and general aviation services to the Nanaimo area.
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C.
Ottawa International Airport Authority
The Ottawa International Airport Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and overseeing operations and development at Ottawa’s main international airport.
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D.
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and operating major airport facilities in the Greater Toronto Area, including Toronto Pearson International Airport.
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E.
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico is a major Mexican airport operator that manages a network of key airports across the Pacific region of Mexico and parts of the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport authority
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airport operator ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
airlines operating at Vancouver International Airport
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local communities near Vancouver International Airport ⓘ transportation agencies serving Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governs | Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | reinvests profits into airport infrastructure and services ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
economic development related to Vancouver International Airport
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passenger experience at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ safety at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ security at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ sustainability at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Richmond, British Columbia
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Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| implements |
capital improvement projects at Vancouver International Airport
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environmental initiatives at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ runway and airfield upgrades at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ terminal expansion projects at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| leasesFrom |
Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
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surface form:
Government of Canada
|
| legalForm | not-for-profit corporation ⓘ |
| manages | Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| operates | Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
airport management
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aviation ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| overseesDevelopmentOf | Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| overseesServicesAt | Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| owns | airport infrastructure at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| regulates |
airport parking at Vancouver International Airport
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commercial concessions at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ ground transportation services at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
airport operations at Vancouver International Airport
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airside operations at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ capital development at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ commercial services at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ community relations for Vancouver International Airport ⓘ environmental management at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ groundside operations at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ long-term planning for Vancouver International Airport ⓘ noise management at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ terminal operations at Vancouver International Airport ⓘ |
| serves |
British Columbia
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Greater Vancouver Regional District ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Vancouver region
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| subjectTo |
Canadian aviation regulations
ⓘ
Transport Canada oversight ⓘ |
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: Vancouver Airport Authority Description of subject: Vancouver Airport Authority is the non-profit organization responsible for managing and operating Vancouver International Airport and overseeing its development and services.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Terminal (Vancouver International Airport)
subject surface form:
Domestic Terminal (Vancouver International Airport)
this entity surface form:
Vancouver International Airport Authority