Netheravon Airfield
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Netheravon Airfield is a historic British military airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, long associated with early army aviation and pilot training.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Netheravon Airfield canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T429130 — 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: Netheravon Airfield Context triple: [Royal Flying Corps, trainingLocation, Netheravon Airfield]
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A.
Upavon Aerodrome
Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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B.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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C.
RAF Leeming
RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England, that has served as an important base for various fast-jet, training, and support units.
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D.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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E.
RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known today as a major deployment base for U.S. Air Force operations and as the long-time host of the Royal International Air Tattoo airshow.
- 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: Netheravon Airfield Target entity description: Netheravon Airfield is a historic British military airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, long associated with early army aviation and pilot training.
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A.
Upavon Aerodrome
Upavon Aerodrome is a historic British airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, notable as an early military aviation base and long-serving training and operations site for the Royal Flying Corps and later the Royal Air Force.
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B.
RAF Kemble
RAF Kemble was a former Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known as an early home of the Red Arrows and later as a major aircraft maintenance and storage airfield.
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C.
RAF Leeming
RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England, that has served as an important base for various fast-jet, training, and support units.
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D.
RAF Brize Norton
RAF Brize Norton is the Royal Air Force’s largest station in the UK, serving as its main air transport and air-to-air refuelling hub.
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E.
RAF Fairford
RAF Fairford is a Royal Air Force station in Gloucestershire, England, best known today as a major deployment base for U.S. Air Force operations and as the long-time host of the Royal International Air Tattoo airshow.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British Army airfield
ⓘ
military airfield ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
early British military aviation
ⓘ
pilot training in the British Army ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| elevation |
299 feet
ⓘ
91 metres ⓘ |
| garrison |
Army Parachute Association
ⓘ
Joint Services Parachute Centre ⓘ |
| hasCoordinates | approximately 51.24°N 1.78°W ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
grass flying field
ⓘ
parachute training centre ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic military site ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | EGDN ⓘ |
| hasNearbyLandmark | Stonehenge ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement |
Amesbury
ⓘ
Durrington, Wiltshire ⓘ |
| hasRunway | grass runway 06/24 ⓘ |
| historicalUse |
World War I military aviation
ⓘ
World War II training ⓘ early army aviation ⓘ interwar RAF training ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Upavon ⓘ
surface form:
Netheravon
southwest England ⓘ
surface form:
South West England
Wiltshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
A345 road
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River Avon ⓘ
surface form:
River Avon, Wiltshire
|
| locatedOn | Salisbury Plain ⓘ |
| operatedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Ministry of Defence
ⓘ
surface form:
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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| partOf |
Salisbury Plain
ⓘ
surface form:
Salisbury Plain Training Area
|
| region |
Wiltshire
ⓘ
surface form:
Wiltshire Council area
|
| runwaySurface | grass ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United Kingdom Army Air Corps
ⓘ
surface form:
Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)
Parachute Regiment ⓘ
surface form:
Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)
Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Flying Corps ⓘ |
| usedFor |
army aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ military parachuting ⓘ parachute training ⓘ pilot training ⓘ sport parachuting ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Netheravon Airfield Description of subject: Netheravon Airfield is a historic British military airfield on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, long associated with early army aviation and pilot training.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.