Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport
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Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport is a public airport in western Virginia that serves the Roanoke and Blacksburg metropolitan areas with commercial passenger and general aviation services.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8134841 — 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: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport Context triple: [Roanoke, Virginia, hasAirport, Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport]
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A.
Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport
Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport is a regional public airport serving the Charlottesville, Virginia area with commercial and general aviation flights.
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B.
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport is a public airport in central Virginia that provides commercial and general aviation services to the Lynchburg metropolitan area and surrounding region.
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C.
Culpeper Regional Airport
Culpeper Regional Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the Culpeper County area in northern Virginia.
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D.
Manassas Regional Airport
Manassas Regional Airport is a public airport in Manassas, Virginia, primarily serving general aviation and regional air traffic for the surrounding Northern Virginia area.
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E.
Chesapeake Regional Airport
Chesapeake Regional Airport is a public airport serving general aviation and regional air traffic for the city of Chesapeake and the surrounding Hampton Roads area in southeastern Virginia.
- 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: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport Target entity description: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport is a public airport in western Virginia that serves the Roanoke and Blacksburg metropolitan areas with commercial passenger and general aviation services.
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A.
Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport
Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport is a regional public airport serving the Charlottesville, Virginia area with commercial and general aviation flights.
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B.
Lynchburg Regional Airport
Lynchburg Regional Airport is a public airport in central Virginia that provides commercial and general aviation services to the Lynchburg metropolitan area and surrounding region.
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C.
Culpeper Regional Airport
Culpeper Regional Airport is a public general aviation airport serving the Culpeper County area in northern Virginia.
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D.
Manassas Regional Airport
Manassas Regional Airport is a public airport in Manassas, Virginia, primarily serving general aviation and regional air traffic for the surrounding Northern Virginia area.
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E.
Chesapeake Regional Airport
Chesapeake Regional Airport is a public airport serving general aviation and regional air traffic for the city of Chesapeake and the surrounding Hampton Roads area in southeastern Virginia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
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public airport ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| distanceToCityCenter | approximately 3 miles northwest of downtown Roanoke ⓘ |
| DSTtimezone | Eastern Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
1174 feet
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358 meters ⓘ |
| FAAcode | ROA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName |
Roanoke Regional Airport
NERFINISHED
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Woodrum Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAirportType |
commercial service airport
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general aviation airport ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Airports in Virginia
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Buildings and structures in Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ Transportation in Roanoke, Virginia ⓘ |
| hasHubFunction | regional air transportation hub for southwest Virginia ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 16/34
NERFINISHED
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Runway 6/24 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | single passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hasUse |
air cargo operations
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commercial passenger service ⓘ general aviation ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.roanokeairport.com/ ⓘ |
| IATAcode | ROA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | KROA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Roanoke, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Commonwealth of Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roanoke County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Woodrum Field (historic name honoring Clifton A. Woodrum) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Vinton, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyInstitution |
Radford University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virginia Tech NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfRunways | 2 ⓘ |
| operator | Roanoke Regional Airport Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Roanoke Regional Airport Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | western Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
Runway 16/34 length 5,810 feet
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Runway 6/24 length 6,800 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface |
Runway 16/34 asphalt
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Runway 6/24 asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Blacksburg metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roanoke Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Roanoke metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesCity |
Blacksburg, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Roanoke, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Salem, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
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: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport Description of subject: Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport is a public airport in western Virginia that serves the Roanoke and Blacksburg metropolitan areas with commercial passenger and general aviation services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Transportation in Roanoke County, Virginia
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hasAccessToAirport
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Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport
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Transportation in Roanoke County, Virginia
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airportLocationContext
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Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport
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this entity surface form:
Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport is located in the City of Roanoke near the Roanoke County line
subject surface form:
Blacksburg, Virginia