Talk:List of airports by IATA airport code: Y

Latest comment: 5 years ago by Malcolmmwa in topic Canada

YCJ -- Cape St. James Airport?

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Does this airport exist or doesn't it? It is listed in some sources (i.e. Google Maps, Great Circle Mapper) but not in others. User:Denis.arnaud claims that "IATA reclaimed that code as the airport could not be found". Is there a source for that reclamation, or is it merely that YCJ was present in one year's edition, then removed in the next? In any case, it seems worth highlighting the issue here on the talk page, to avoid other people re-adding the invalid code. 63.251.123.2 (talk) 19:55, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

As per IATA, that airport does not exist. Moreover, you can just see for yourself on Google Maps and other sources: though it may be referenced by those latter, because of IATA listing it earlier, no airport is to be found in the vincinity of the place it is supposed to be located. IATA reclaimed that code back in the LIWG (Location Identifier Working Group, or something like that) bulletin #51 (September 2013). Since IATA publications are for sale only, and cannot be freely redistributed, I cannot show you that document publicly. If you give me your private email adress, I may share that document with you. Otherwise, you have to trust me; or you can see on their Web page (http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx). -- Denis.arnaud (talk) 00:54, 20 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
I'm happy to trust you. Thanks for specifying which bulletin it was. Google Maps actually shows vague, unclear evidence of there having been an airport (or something) there in the past, which is what confused me. 63.251.123.2 (talk) 00:16, 21 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

Canada

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Should we include that most airports in Canada begin in Y? I counted 49 outside of Canada if that's worth including as well (although I may have missed some so it might be worth recounting first). Malcolmmwa (talk) 14:58, 16 October 2019 (UTC)Reply