Lydda Airport
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Lydda Airport was the original main international airport of Mandatory Palestine, later expanded and renamed Ben-Gurion Airport, now Israel’s primary international gateway.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lydda Airport canonical | 5 |
| Lydda airfield | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2489315 — 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: Lydda Airport Context triple: [Ben-Gurion Airport, openedAs, Lydda Airport]
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A.
Ozar Airport
Ozar Airport is a public airport serving the city of Nashik in Maharashtra, India, handling both civilian and limited military aviation operations.
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B.
Haifa Airport
Haifa Airport is a small international airport in northern Israel serving domestic flights and limited regional routes for the city of Haifa.
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C.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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D.
Sde Boker airstrip
Sde Boker airstrip is a small regional airfield in the Negev Desert of southern Israel serving the Sde Boker community and nearby desert research and tourism sites.
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E.
Port Said Airport
Port Said Airport is a regional airport in northeastern Egypt serving the city of Port Said near the Mediterranean coast and the northern entrance to the Suez Canal.
- 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: Lydda Airport Target entity description: Lydda Airport was the original main international airport of Mandatory Palestine, later expanded and renamed Ben-Gurion Airport, now Israel’s primary international gateway.
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A.
Ozar Airport
Ozar Airport is a public airport serving the city of Nashik in Maharashtra, India, handling both civilian and limited military aviation operations.
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B.
Haifa Airport
Haifa Airport is a small international airport in northern Israel serving domestic flights and limited regional routes for the city of Haifa.
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C.
Orly Airport
Orly Airport is a major international airport serving Paris, France, located south of the city and handling a large share of its domestic and European flights.
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D.
Sde Boker airstrip
Sde Boker airstrip is a small regional airfield in the Negev Desert of southern Israel serving the Sde Boker community and nearby desert research and tourism sites.
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E.
Port Said Airport
Port Said Airport is a regional airport in northeastern Egypt serving the city of Port Said near the Mediterranean coast and the northern entrance to the Suez Canal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| builtBy |
British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate authorities
|
| category |
Airports in Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
Defunct airports ⓘ Transport in the British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ |
| constructedFor | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| country | Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| currentRoleOfSite | Israel’s primary international gateway ⓘ |
| distanceFromTelAviv | about 19 km southeast ⓘ |
| elevation | about 41 m above sea level ⓘ |
| expandedInto | Ben-Gurion Airport ⓘ |
| formerName |
Ben-Gurion Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Lod Airport
Tel Aviv Airport ⓘ |
| function | main international airport of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
British Mandate for Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate period
|
| IATAcode | LLD ⓘ |
| laterName | Ben-Gurion Airport ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central District, Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Central District (Israel)
Central District (Mandatory Palestine) ⓘ Lod ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| nearbyTownCurrentName | Lod ⓘ |
| nearbyTownFormerName | Lydda ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Lod Airport massacre
ⓘ
surface form:
Lydda Airport massacre
|
| notableEventDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| opened | 1936 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
British civil aviation authorities
ⓘ
Israeli civil aviation authorities ⓘ |
| partOf |
British Empire air services
ⓘ
surface form:
British Empire air route to India
British Empire air route to the Far East ⓘ |
| post1948Country | Israel ⓘ |
| renamingHonours | David Ben-Gurion ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Ben-Gurion Airport as modernized facility ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | paved ⓘ |
| servedCity | Tel Aviv ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Middle East
ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
surface form:
Palestine
|
| strategicImportance | major military and civil aviation hub in the Middle East ⓘ |
| successor | Ben-Gurion Airport ⓘ |
| usedBy |
British Overseas Airways Corporation
ⓘ
surface form:
BOAC
El Al ⓘ Imperial Airways ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ civil aviation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lydda Airport Description of subject: Lydda Airport was the original main international airport of Mandatory Palestine, later expanded and renamed Ben-Gurion Airport, now Israel’s primary international gateway.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lydda airfield