Actually airports start with an 'a'. Just kidding. Most Canadian airports had their three-character designation derived from their 2 digit rail code prefixed by a Y. Of course, time has passed and there are a few Canadian airports with the Y, and many using codes that have nothing to do with a rail station. (YYZ, YXX.).. And of course there are a few that have a city type code, but the airport is no where near the rail station. YEG - for Edmonton. Matthew On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 12:40 AM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > Pretty cool. Did they send any to YMX? Oh, speaking of Canadian > aviation, > why do all the airports start with Y? >