Whenuapai Airport
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Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whenuapai Airport canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10739525 — 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: Whenuapai Airport Context triple: [Tasman Empire Airways Limited, operatedFromAirport, Whenuapai Airport]
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A.
Amausi Airport
Amausi Airport is the former name of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, the main airport serving Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Barra Airport
Barra Airport is a unique Scottish airport on the island of Barra, famous for its tidal beach runway where scheduled flights land directly on the sand.
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C.
Valesdir Airport
Valesdir Airport is a small regional airfield serving the area of Valesdir in Vanuatu, providing local and domestic flight connections.
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D.
Totegegie Airport
Totegegie Airport is the main air gateway serving the remote Gambier Islands in French Polynesia, providing vital connections to other parts of the territory.
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E.
Isla de Pascua Airport
Isla de Pascua Airport is the main airport serving Easter Island, Chile, providing vital air connectivity between the remote Pacific island and mainland destinations.
- 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: Whenuapai Airport Target entity description: Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.
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A.
Amausi Airport
Amausi Airport is the former name of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, the main airport serving Lucknow in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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B.
Barra Airport
Barra Airport is a unique Scottish airport on the island of Barra, famous for its tidal beach runway where scheduled flights land directly on the sand.
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C.
Valesdir Airport
Valesdir Airport is a small regional airfield serving the area of Valesdir in Vanuatu, providing local and domestic flight connections.
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D.
Totegegie Airport
Totegegie Airport is the main air gateway serving the remote Gambier Islands in French Polynesia, providing vital connections to other parts of the territory.
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E.
Isla de Pascua Airport
Isla de Pascua Airport is the main airport serving Easter Island, Chile, providing vital air connectivity between the remote Pacific island and mainland destinations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
former military air base ⓘ |
| cityServedHistorically | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | approximately 100 feet ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
air transport
ⓘ
airbase logistics ⓘ military training ⓘ |
| hasIATACode | none ⓘ |
| hasICAOCode | NZWP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryRole |
RNZAF operations base
ⓘ
RNZAF transport hub NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
03/21
ⓘ
08/26 ⓘ |
| historicalOperatorType | civil ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Auckland Region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whenuapai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountrySubdivision | Auckland Region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Waitematā Harbour (upper reaches) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Whenuapai locality NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearCity | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1940 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatorType | military ⓘ |
| partOf | RNZAF Base Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUseAfter1965 | military operations GENERATED ⓘ |
| regionServedHistorically | North Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Auckland Airport at Mangere
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Auckland International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | active military base ⓘ |
| statusForCivilInternationalFlights | closed ⓘ |
| timeZone | New Zealand Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | New Zealand Daylight Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | international airport ⓘ |
| usedAsMainInternationalAirportFor | Auckland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsMainInternationalAirportFrom | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| usedAsMainInternationalAirportUntil | 1965 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Whenuapai Airport Description of subject: Whenuapai Airport is a former Royal New Zealand Air Force base near Auckland that served as the city’s main international airport in the mid-20th century.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.