Batticaloa Airport
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Batticaloa Airport is a domestic airport in eastern Sri Lanka that serves the city of Batticaloa and its surrounding region.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Batticaloa Airport canonical | 5 |
| Batticaloa Air Force Base | 1 |
| Batticaloa Domestic Airport | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T682392 — 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: Batticaloa Airport Context triple: [Batticaloa, transport, Batticaloa Airport]
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A.
Trincomalee Airport
Trincomalee Airport is a domestic airport in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, serving both civilian flights and military operations.
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B.
Jaffna International Airport
Jaffna International Airport is a regional airport in northern Sri Lanka that serves as a key air gateway connecting the Jaffna Peninsula with other domestic and limited international destinations.
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C.
Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport is a public airport serving the city of Sabha in southwestern Libya, providing regional air transport connections for the surrounding Fezzan region.
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D.
Agatti Airport
Agatti Airport is a small domestic airport in Lakshadweep, India, serving as the primary air link to the Agatti Island and the surrounding archipelago in the Arabian Sea.
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- 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: Batticaloa Airport Target entity description: Batticaloa Airport is a domestic airport in eastern Sri Lanka that serves the city of Batticaloa and its surrounding region.
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A.
Trincomalee Airport
Trincomalee Airport is a domestic airport in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, serving both civilian flights and military operations.
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B.
Jaffna International Airport
Jaffna International Airport is a regional airport in northern Sri Lanka that serves as a key air gateway connecting the Jaffna Peninsula with other domestic and limited international destinations.
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C.
Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport is a public airport serving the city of Sabha in southwestern Libya, providing regional air transport connections for the surrounding Fezzan region.
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D.
Agatti Airport
Agatti Airport is a small domestic airport in Lakshadweep, India, serving as the primary air link to the Agatti Island and the surrounding archipelago in the Arabian Sea.
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E.
Dabolim Airport
Dabolim Airport is the main international airport serving the Indian state of Goa, handling both civilian and military air traffic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport
ⓘ
domestic airport ⓘ |
| airportType | public ⓘ |
| category |
Airports in Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
ⓘ
Sri Lanka Air Force bases ⓘ |
| cityServed | Batticaloa ⓘ |
| country | Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| distanceFromCityCentre | approximately 2 km northwest of Batticaloa city centre ⓘ |
| elevation |
10 feet
ⓘ
3 metres ⓘ |
| hasAlternateName |
Batticaloa Airport
ⓘ
surface form:
Batticaloa Air Force Base
Batticaloa Airport ⓘ
surface form:
Batticaloa Domestic Airport
|
| hasFacility |
single runway
ⓘ
terminal building ⓘ |
| IATAcode | BTC ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | VCCB ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Batticaloa
ⓘ
surface form:
Batticaloa District
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Batticaloa Lagoon ⓘ |
| locatedOn | east coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| operator | Sri Lanka Air Force ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Sri Lanka
|
| runwayCount | 1 ⓘ |
| runwayDesignation | 05/23 ⓘ |
| runwayLength |
1560 metres
ⓘ
5118 feet ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| serves |
Batticaloa
ⓘ
Eastern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ |
| servesPopulation | Batticaloa and surrounding region ⓘ |
| timeZone | Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Sri Lankan Civil War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil aviation
ⓘ
domestic flights ⓘ military aviation ⓘ |
| UTCoffset | +05:30 ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: Batticaloa Airport Description of subject: Batticaloa Airport is a domestic airport in eastern Sri Lanka that serves the city of Batticaloa and its surrounding region.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Batticaloa Domestic Airport
this entity surface form:
Batticaloa Air Force Base