King Mswati III International Airport
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King Mswati III International Airport is Eswatini’s main international airport, serving as the country’s primary gateway for global air travel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Mswati III International Airport canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4429197 — 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: King Mswati III International Airport Context triple: [Mbabane, nearestInternationalAirport, King Mswati III International Airport]
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A.
Moshoeshoe I International Airport
Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
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B.
King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
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C.
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
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D.
Mthatha Airport
Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
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E.
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is the main international airport serving Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, named in honor of nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo.
- 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: King Mswati III International Airport Target entity description: King Mswati III International Airport is Eswatini’s main international airport, serving as the country’s primary gateway for global air travel.
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A.
Moshoeshoe I International Airport
Moshoeshoe I International Airport is the main international airport serving Lesotho, located near the capital city of Maseru.
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B.
King Shaka International Airport
King Shaka International Airport is the main international airport serving the Durban area in South Africa, handling both domestic and international flights.
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C.
Hosea Kutako International Airport
Hosea Kutako International Airport is the main international gateway to Namibia, serving the capital city of Windhoek and handling the majority of the country’s long-haul and regional air traffic.
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D.
Mthatha Airport
Mthatha Airport is a regional airport in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, providing domestic air services to the surrounding area.
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E.
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport is the main international airport serving Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, named in honor of nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
international airport ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
King Mswati III Intl Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sikhuphe Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceFromManziniKilometers | about 50 ⓘ |
| distanceFromMbabaneKilometers | about 90 ⓘ |
| elevationFeet | 1056 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 322 ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
VOR/DME
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
instrument landing system ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| IATAcode | SHO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | FDSK NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eswatini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lubombo Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | King Mswati III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Manzini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sikhuphe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 2014 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2014-03-07 ⓘ |
| operator | Eswatini Civil Aviation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousName | Sikhuphe International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Matsapha Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
main international airport of Eswatini
ⓘ
primary gateway for global air travel for Eswatini ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 08/26 ⓘ |
| runwayLengthFeet | 12795 ⓘ |
| runwayLengthMeters | 3900 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Eswatini NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs | hub for international flights to and from Eswatini ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Manzini
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mbabane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsAircraftType | large commercial jet aircraft ⓘ |
| type | public ⓘ |
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: King Mswati III International Airport Description of subject: King Mswati III International Airport is Eswatini’s main international airport, serving as the country’s primary gateway for global air travel.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.