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iamshs
on Nov 5, 2014
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Airport ABCs: An Explanation of Airport Identifier...
YEG - Edmonton
YMM - Fort Mac
YYC - Calgary
Just seems random naming to me.
jarek
on Nov 5, 2014
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Well one of the characters matching (E, M, C), arguably two for Fort
M
c
M
urray, is still better than YYZ matching none of the characters in any of the names (Toronto, Lester B Pearson, Malton, Mississauga) of the country's largest airport!
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YMM - Fort Mac
YYC - Calgary
Just seems random naming to me.