United States airspace
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United States airspace is the controlled portion of the atmosphere above U.S. territory and territorial waters where U.S. authorities regulate and manage all civil and military aviation activities.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States airspace canonical | 6 |
| National Airspace System | 1 |
| Special Flight Rules Area | 1 |
| United States airspace over the contiguous states | 1 |
| United States civil aviation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T99587 — 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: United States airspace Context triple: [AMERICAN, usedIn, United States airspace]
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A.
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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B.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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C.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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D.
Air Navigation Commission
The Air Navigation Commission is a technical body within the International Civil Aviation Organization responsible for developing and recommending international standards and procedures for air navigation and aviation safety.
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E.
North American time zones
North American time zones are the standardized regional time divisions used across countries in North America, including zones such as Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time.
- 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: United States airspace Target entity description: United States airspace is the controlled portion of the atmosphere above U.S. territory and territorial waters where U.S. authorities regulate and manage all civil and military aviation activities.
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A.
U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
The U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone is a vast maritime area extending from the U.S. coastline in which the United States has special rights over the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.
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B.
contiguous United States
The contiguous United States refers to the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia on the North American mainland, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
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C.
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating and overseeing all aspects of civil aviation safety and operations.
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D.
Air Navigation Commission
The Air Navigation Commission is a technical body within the International Civil Aviation Organization responsible for developing and recommending international standards and procedures for air navigation and aviation safety.
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E.
North American time zones
North American time zones are the standardized regional time divisions used across countries in North America, including zones such as Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific Time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national airspace
ⓘ
regulated airspace ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| extendsOver |
Alaska
ⓘ
Hawaii ⓘ U.S. territories in the Caribbean ⓘ U.S. territories in the Pacific ⓘ United States land territory ⓘ United States territorial waters ⓘ contiguous United States ⓘ |
| governingLaw | Title 49 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| governingRegulation |
14 CFR Part 107
ⓘ
14 CFR Part 71 ⓘ Code of Federal Regulations ⓘ
surface form:
14 CFR Part 73
14 CFR Part 91 ⓘ 14 CFR Part 99 ⓘ Aeronautical Information Manual ⓘ Federal Aviation Regulations ⓘ |
| includes |
Class A airspace
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Class B airspace ⓘ Class C airspace ⓘ Class D airspace ⓘ Class E airspace ⓘ Class G airspace ⓘ alert areas ⓘ controlled airspace ⓘ military operations areas ⓘ prohibited areas ⓘ restricted areas ⓘ special use airspace ⓘ temporary flight restrictions ⓘ uncontrolled airspace ⓘ warning areas ⓘ |
| managedBy |
Air Route Traffic Control Centers
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Terminal Radar Approach Control facilities ⓘ airport control towers ⓘ |
| notableRestriction |
Camp David prohibited area
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Disney theme parks flight restriction ⓘ Washington DC Special Flight Rules Area ⓘ |
| partOf | National Airspace System ⓘ |
| regulatingAuthority |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
Federal Aviation Administration ⓘ North American Aerospace Defense Command ⓘ Transportation Security Administration ⓘ |
| safetyObjective |
orderly flow of air traffic
ⓘ
prevention of midair collisions ⓘ |
| securityObjective | protection against airborne threats ⓘ |
| securityProgram |
Air Defense Identification Zone
ⓘ
United States airspace self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Special Flight Rules Area
|
| usedFor |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ unmanned aircraft operations ⓘ |
| verticalExtent | from surface to Flight Level 600 in Class A airspace ⓘ |
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: United States airspace Description of subject: United States airspace is the controlled portion of the atmosphere above U.S. territory and territorial waters where U.S. authorities regulate and manage all civil and military aviation activities.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
National Airspace System
this entity surface form:
Special Flight Rules Area
this entity surface form:
United States civil aviation
this entity surface form:
United States airspace over the contiguous states