Turnhouse Aerodrome

E270334

aerodrome former airport

Turnhouse Aerodrome was the original airfield that evolved into what is now Edinburgh Airport in Scotland.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Turnhouse Aerodrome canonical	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2464948 — 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: Turnhouse Aerodrome
Context triple: [Edinburgh Airport, formerName, Turnhouse Aerodrome]

A. Abbotsinch Airport
Abbotsinch Airport was the former name of what is now Glasgow Airport, a major international airport serving the Glasgow area in Scotland.
B. Bunbury Airport
Bunbury Airport is a regional airfield serving the city of Bunbury and the surrounding area in Western Australia.
C. Taree Airport
Taree Airport is a regional airport in Taree, New South Wales, Australia, serving general aviation and limited commercial flights for the surrounding Mid North Coast area.
D. Rowriah Airport
Rowriah Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Jorhat in the Indian state of Assam.
E. Temora Airport
Temora Airport is a regional airfield in Temora, New South Wales, Australia, known for serving general aviation and hosting the Temora Aviation Museum’s historic aircraft.
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: Turnhouse Aerodrome
Target entity description: Turnhouse Aerodrome was the original airfield that evolved into what is now Edinburgh Airport in Scotland.

A. Abbotsinch Airport
Abbotsinch Airport was the former name of what is now Glasgow Airport, a major international airport serving the Glasgow area in Scotland.
B. Bunbury Airport
Bunbury Airport is a regional airfield serving the city of Bunbury and the surrounding area in Western Australia.
C. Taree Airport
Taree Airport is a regional airport in Taree, New South Wales, Australia, serving general aviation and limited commercial flights for the surrounding Mid North Coast area.
D. Rowriah Airport
Rowriah Airport is a domestic airport serving the city of Jorhat in the Indian state of Assam.
E. Temora Airport
Temora Airport is a regional airfield in Temora, New South Wales, Australia, known for serving general aviation and hosting the Temora Aviation Museum’s historic aircraft.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerodrome ⓘ former airport ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	RAF Turnhouse ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
evolvedInto	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ
hasCurrentName	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ
hasIcaoCode	EGPH ⓘ
hasSuccessor	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ
locatedIn	Scotland ⓘ Turnhouse, Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedNear	Edinburgh ⓘ
locatedWestOf	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh city centre
militaryBranch	Royal Air Force ⓘ
nearbyCity	Edinburgh ⓘ
operator	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
partOf	Edinburgh Airport ⓘ
primaryUseAfterWWII	civil airport for Edinburgh ⓘ
runwaySurface	grass (early period) ⓘ paved (later period) ⓘ
servedCity	Edinburgh ⓘ
servedRegion	Lothian ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
usedDuring	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
usedFor	civil aviation ⓘ military aviation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Edinburgh Airport → formerName → Turnhouse Aerodrome ⓘ

EDI → formerName → Turnhouse Aerodrome ⓘ

subject surface form: Edinburgh Airport

EGPH → originallyOpenedAs → Turnhouse Aerodrome ⓘ