Funafuti International Airport
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Funafuti International Airport is the main airport of Tuvalu, serving as the primary gateway for international and domestic air travel to the capital atoll of Funafuti.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Funafuti International Airport canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7035664 — 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: Funafuti International Airport Context triple: [Funafuti, contains, Funafuti International Airport]
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A.
Ofu Airport
Ofu Airport is a small public airfield serving the island of Ofu in American Samoa, providing vital regional air connectivity for residents and visitors.
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B.
Nikunau Airport
Nikunau Airport is a small public airstrip serving the remote island of Nikunau in the Republic of Kiribati, providing vital regional air connectivity.
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C.
Chuuk International Airport
Chuuk International Airport is the main airport serving the island of Weno and the Chuuk State lagoon area in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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D.
Nuku Hiva Airport
Nuku Hiva Airport is the main air gateway serving the island of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia’s remote Marquesas Islands archipelago.
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E.
Pohnpei International Airport
Pohnpei International Airport is the main commercial air gateway to the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, serving both domestic and international flights.
- 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: Funafuti International Airport Target entity description: Funafuti International Airport is the main airport of Tuvalu, serving as the primary gateway for international and domestic air travel to the capital atoll of Funafuti.
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A.
Ofu Airport
Ofu Airport is a small public airfield serving the island of Ofu in American Samoa, providing vital regional air connectivity for residents and visitors.
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B.
Nikunau Airport
Nikunau Airport is a small public airstrip serving the remote island of Nikunau in the Republic of Kiribati, providing vital regional air connectivity.
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C.
Chuuk International Airport
Chuuk International Airport is the main airport serving the island of Weno and the Chuuk State lagoon area in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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D.
Nuku Hiva Airport
Nuku Hiva Airport is the main air gateway serving the island of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia’s remote Marquesas Islands archipelago.
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E.
Pohnpei International Airport
Pohnpei International Airport is the main commercial air gateway to the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, serving both domestic and international flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | airport ⓘ |
| cityServed |
Funafuti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vaiaku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsTo | Nadi International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Tuvalu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationFeet | 9 ⓘ |
| elevationMeters | 3 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
limited infrastructure
ⓘ
single runway ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | basic visual aids ⓘ |
| hasParkingApron | small aircraft apron ⓘ |
| hasRunwayNumber |
03
ⓘ
21 ⓘ |
| hasTerminalType | small terminal building ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfTraffic |
domestic
ⓘ
international ⓘ |
| hasUse |
civil aviation
ⓘ
domestic inter-island flights ⓘ |
| IATAcode | FUN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | NGFU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCriticalFor |
international connectivity of Tuvalu
ⓘ
supply and transport to Funafuti ⓘ |
| isMainAirportOf | Tuvalu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnIsland | Fongafale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOperatedBy | Government of Tuvalu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isVulnerableTo |
sea level rise
ⓘ
storm surges ⓘ |
| location |
Fongafale Islet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Funafuti atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openedAs | World War II airstrip ⓘ |
| region |
Oceania
ⓘ
Polynesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwayLengthFeet | 4980 ⓘ |
| runwayLengthMeters | 1518 ⓘ |
| runwayOrientation | 03/21 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Funafuti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesAs |
capital atoll airport of Tuvalu
ⓘ
primary gateway to Tuvalu ⓘ |
| servesPopulation |
residents of Funafuti
ⓘ
visitors to Tuvalu ⓘ |
| supportsAircraftType |
small jet aircraft
ⓘ
turboprop aircraft ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+12 ⓘ |
| usedBy | Fiji Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasConstructedBy | United States military during World War II ⓘ |
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: Funafuti International Airport Description of subject: Funafuti International Airport is the main airport of Tuvalu, serving as the primary gateway for international and domestic air travel to the capital atoll of Funafuti.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.