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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Why does the Calgary International Airport have the IATA code YYC? Why do airports in Canada all start with Y? What's up with the second Y?

Other airports use logical names like:

ATL - Atlanta
PHX - Phoenix
HKG - Hong Kong
STL - Salt Lake City
MEX - Mexico City
IST- Istanbul
DFW - Dallas-Fort-Worth

etc.

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

at least it's YYC .. victoria is YYJ for some weird reason

Originally Posted by flamesfan6

edit - apparently due to something with radio transmitters - http://www.theloop.ca/travel/the-advisory/article/-/a/2741612/The-why-behind-the-Y-in-Canadian-airport-codes

That's a good link about canadian airport coding. Comox is YYQ, Campbell River is YBL, and more. Hack&Lube, the code for Salt Lake City is wrong, it is SLC. The STL code is for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.