rickyrob Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 We all know that the famous instrumental YYZ is named after Toronto Airport, but why is the code for Toronto YYZ? On further investigation it appears all Canadian airports are coded Y**, but why?? S'cuse the pun. Most other airports around the world have codes that reflect the name of the airport, but not in Canada it seems. Anyone any ideas? Between Sun and... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rinty Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Have a look here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 QUOTE (rinty @ Nov 4 2004, 11:13 AM) Have a look here That is a sweet website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midway Hawker Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I looked at that website and couldn't find YYZ or a listing for an airport in Toronto..?? I'm probably missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midway Hawker Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I found this: 29. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario Canada (YYZ) 25,930,363 The 29th busiest Airport in the world.. But when I searched for YYZ or Toronto I came up with nothing... Oh well, what does it really matter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilPeartFan2112 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 QUOTE (Earthshine @ Nov 4 2004, 04:22 PM) I found this: 29. Toronto Pearson International Airport Toronto, Ontario Canada (YYZ) 25,930,363 The 29th busiest Airport in the world.. But when I searched for YYZ or Toronto I came up with nothing... Oh well, what does it really matter.. That's weird. Perhaps their search engine is messed up or something. I wonder why that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ES-335 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 many airports have codes that do not make sense from the surface ... O'hare is ORD not CHI ... it came from "Or"chard "F"ield here is a nice link http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-13 Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 YYC is calgary's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 QUOTE (ES-335 @ Nov 4 2004, 03:20 PM) many airports have codes that do not make sense from the surface ... O'hare is ORD not CHI ... it came from "Or"chard "F"ield here is a nice link http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html Sure, just look at SFO in San Francisco. Named after Salty Fuzzy Oranges. Or BWI in Baltimore, named after Beltching White Inmates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Orlando. MCO. Huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_International_Airport Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible To Telescopic Eye Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Dec 4 2011, 10:23 PM) Orlando. MCO. Huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_International_Airport Interesting. Coming from Orlando it's well known (amongst those of us who know) that MCO stands for McCoy Airforce base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 QUOTE (Invisible To Telescopic Eye @ Dec 4 2011, 09:27 PM) QUOTE (lerxt1990 @ Dec 4 2011, 10:23 PM) Orlando. MCO. Huh? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_International_Airport Interesting. Coming from Orlando it's well known (amongst those of us who know) that MCO stands for McCoy Airforce base. But of course... those who know... know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gestet2112 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 QUOTE (ES-335 @ Nov 4 2004, 07:20 PM)many airports have codes that do not make sense from the surface ... O'hare is ORD not CHI ... it came from "Or"chard "F"ield here is a nice link http://www.skygod.com/asstd/abc.html Within this link I found the explanation if this helps: The Canadians made off with all the remaining 'Y codes which helps explain YUL for Montreal, YYC for Calgary, etc. (The start of the song YYZ by the band Rush is the Morse code for the letters Y Y Z. Rush is from Toronto.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlaaps Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Every airport on the planet has an internationally (IATA) recognised 3 letter code and every scheduled airline has a two letter code: AA/American Airlines, AE/Aer Lingus, BA/British Airways etc. Charted flights will normally have a 3 letter code in front of the flight number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 QUOTE (rinty @ Nov 4 2004, 04:13 PM)Have a look here Here it is: Airport Name: Lester B. Pearson International. Country Abbrev: CA. World Area Code: 905. Airport Code: YYZ. Look in Airport Details Ordered By Country Name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 (edited) If you really want to get technical. It's actually. CYYZ. All canadian airports have C at the beginning, According to the flight logs I have sitting here. Orlando and Tampa are KMCO and KTPA, respectively. Columbus, GA. is KCSG Dulles, is KIAD Pittsburgh is KPITT. So on and so forth. I'm not even using a website, I just know this stuff off the top of my head from the countless hours in the simulator. Edited December 5, 2011 by D3strukt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apetersvt Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Sioux City's airport SUX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMCXII Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Ways Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 All the info is interesting but I did not see anything that said why Canada is Y. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerxt1990 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Awesome new info.! See what happens when you bump from 2004! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindcore Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Canada asked for the "Y" designation of the first letter. Why? Who knows. We Canadians are funny that way. Maybe we just wanted to f**k around with everybody's heads. Anyway, Wikipedia has links that explain the two varying codes YYZ and CYYZ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripdad Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 What's all the fuss??... http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k433/dad2trips/YYZFAN.jpg I actually fly into YQB often. However, I prefer YYZ!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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