Western Sydney International Airport
E366629
Western Sydney International Airport is a new major international airport being developed in Sydney’s western suburbs to serve as a second gateway for the metropolitan region.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Western Sydney International Airport canonical | 2 |
| Western Sydney Airport Plan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3227971 — 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: Western Sydney International Airport Context triple: [Greater Sydney region, majorAirport, Western Sydney International Airport]
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A.
Griffith Airport
Griffith Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Griffith and the surrounding Riverina area in New South Wales, Australia.
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B.
Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport is a major international and domestic airport in Queensland, Australia, serving Brisbane and acting as a key hub for several airlines.
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C.
Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)
Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is the primary international and domestic airport serving the city of Melbourne, Australia.
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D.
Canberra Airport
Canberra Airport is the main domestic and international airport serving Australia’s capital city, Canberra.
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E.
Tullamarine Airport
Tullamarine Airport is the primary international and domestic airport serving Melbourne, Australia, and one of the country’s busiest aviation 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: Western Sydney International Airport Target entity description: Western Sydney International Airport is a new major international airport being developed in Sydney’s western suburbs to serve as a second gateway for the metropolitan region.
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A.
Griffith Airport
Griffith Airport is a regional airport serving the city of Griffith and the surrounding Riverina area in New South Wales, Australia.
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B.
Brisbane Airport
Brisbane Airport is a major international and domestic airport in Queensland, Australia, serving Brisbane and acting as a key hub for several airlines.
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C.
Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine)
Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) is the primary international and domestic airport serving the city of Melbourne, Australia.
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D.
Canberra Airport
Canberra Airport is the main domestic and international airport serving Australia’s capital city, Canberra.
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E.
Tullamarine Airport
Tullamarine Airport is the primary international and domestic airport serving Melbourne, Australia, and one of the country’s busiest aviation hubs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
greenfield airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Nancy-Bird Walton Airport ⓘ |
| connectedBy |
M12 Motorway
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sydney Metro ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney Metro – Western Sydney Airport line
upgraded road network in Western Sydney ⓘ |
| constructionStatus | under construction ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| curfew | no curfew planned ⓘ |
| designFeature | modular expansion capability ⓘ |
| developer | Western Sydney Airport company ⓘ |
| distanceFromSydneyCBD | approximately 44 kilometres west ⓘ |
| environmentalApproval | granted under Australian EPBC Act ⓘ |
| fundingModel | Commonwealth-funded core airport infrastructure ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Australian government
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Government
|
| IATAcode | WSI ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | YWSI ⓘ |
| initialRunwayConfiguration | single 3.7 km runway ⓘ |
| initialRunwayOrientation | north–south ⓘ |
| integratedWith | Western Sydney Aerotropolis ⓘ |
| intendedAircraft |
narrow-body domestic aircraft
ⓘ
wide-body international aircraft ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater Sydney region
ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ Sydney ⓘ Greater Western Sydney ⓘ
surface form:
Western Sydney
|
| namedAfter | Nancy-Bird Walton ⓘ |
| operator | Western Sydney Airport company ⓘ |
| owner |
Australian government
ⓘ
surface form:
Australian Government
|
| plannedOpeningDate | 2026 ⓘ |
| plannedOperations | 24-hour operations ⓘ |
| plannedRole |
relief airport for Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport
ⓘ
second major airport for Sydney ⓘ |
| planningFramework |
Western Sydney International Airport
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Western Sydney Airport Plan
|
| primaryExistingAirport | Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport ⓘ |
| projectType | greenfield development ⓘ |
| regionEconomicImpact | expected to support tens of thousands of jobs ⓘ |
| regionStrategicRole | catalyst for Western Sydney Aerotropolis ⓘ |
| runwayPlan | two parallel runways in long term ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt or concrete ⓘ |
| serves |
Greater Sydney region
ⓘ
surface form:
Sydney metropolitan area
Western Sydney region ⓘ |
| servesAs |
domestic airport
ⓘ
major international airport ⓘ |
| siteHistory | Badgerys Creek airport site reserved since late 1980s ⓘ |
| suburb | Badgerys Creek ⓘ |
| terminalType | integrated domestic and international terminal ⓘ |
| timeZone | AEST ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | AEDT ⓘ |
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: Western Sydney International Airport Description of subject: Western Sydney International Airport is a new major international airport being developed in Sydney’s western suburbs to serve as a second gateway for the metropolitan region.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Western Sydney International Airport
→
planningFramework
→
Western Sydney International Airport
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Western Sydney Airport Plan