Damascus International Airport
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Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damascus International Airport canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T621705 — 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: Damascus International Airport Context triple: [Damascus, airport, Damascus International Airport]
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A.
Haifa Airport
Haifa Airport is a small international airport in northern Israel serving domestic flights and limited regional routes for the city of Haifa.
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B.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
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C.
Hamad International Airport
Hamad International Airport is Qatar’s main international airport and a major Middle Eastern aviation hub located in Doha.
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D.
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait International Airport is the main international gateway to the State of Kuwait, serving as a major hub for passenger and cargo traffic in the Persian Gulf region.
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E.
Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab Airport is the main international airport serving the Alexandria region in northern Egypt, handling 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: Damascus International Airport Target entity description: Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
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A.
Haifa Airport
Haifa Airport is a small international airport in northern Israel serving domestic flights and limited regional routes for the city of Haifa.
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B.
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport
Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport is Lebanon’s main international gateway, serving as the primary airport for Beirut and the country’s largest and busiest aviation hub.
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C.
Hamad International Airport
Hamad International Airport is Qatar’s main international airport and a major Middle Eastern aviation hub located in Doha.
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D.
Kuwait International Airport
Kuwait International Airport is the main international gateway to the State of Kuwait, serving as a major hub for passenger and cargo traffic in the Persian Gulf region.
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E.
Borg El Arab Airport
Borg El Arab Airport is the main international airport serving the Alexandria region in northern Egypt, handling both domestic and international flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international airport
ⓘ
transport infrastructure ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel |
2020 feet
ⓘ
616 meters ⓘ |
| handles | majority of Syria's international air traffic ⓘ |
| hasAccess | road transport connections ⓘ |
| hasCheckInArea | international departures hall ⓘ |
| hasCustoms | customs control ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
air traffic control tower
ⓘ
apron and taxiways ⓘ cargo facilities ⓘ runway lighting ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
international cargo transport
ⓘ
international passenger transport ⓘ |
| hasImmigration | passport control ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid |
instrument landing systems
ⓘ
radio navigation aids ⓘ |
| hasParking | car parking facilities ⓘ |
| hasPassengerService |
baggage claim area
ⓘ
duty-free shops ⓘ restaurants and cafes ⓘ |
| hasSecurity | airport security checkpoints ⓘ |
| hasService |
domestic flights
ⓘ
international flights ⓘ |
| hasTerminal | passenger terminal ⓘ |
| hubFor | Syrian Air ⓘ |
| IATAcode | DAM ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | OSDI ⓘ |
| isLocatedNear | Damascus ⓘ |
| isMainGatewayFor | Damascus ⓘ |
| isMajorAirportOf | Syria ⓘ |
| isPublicUse | yes ⓘ |
| location | Damascus Governorate ⓘ |
| operator | Syrian Civil Aviation Authority ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Damascus Governorate
ⓘ
Syria ⓘ |
| runway |
05L/23R
ⓘ
05R/23L ⓘ |
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| servesAs |
civil aviation airport
ⓘ
gateway to Damascus metropolitan area ⓘ primary international airport for Damascus ⓘ |
| servesCity | Damascus ⓘ |
| timeZone | Eastern European Time ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ |
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: Damascus International Airport Description of subject: Damascus International Airport is the main international gateway serving Syria’s capital, handling the majority of the country’s international air traffic.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.