Sounds more like the name you give a ground transit system
2006-11-30 01:31:38 · 5 answers · asked by philz4jc 1 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Vancouver
All major Canadian airports start with Y....kind of like a postal code.
At least Vancouver has VR after which kind of makes sense.
Other ones in canada make no sense whatsoever. Like Toronto, code is YYZ
2006-11-30 01:57:12 · answer #1 · answered by Kaboom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As per the previous answer, "YVR" is the 3 letter IATA (International Air Transport Association) code for Vancouver International Airport. All airports (& airlines) have an IATA code & an ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) code. Fyi - the ICAO code for YVR is "CYVR". For airports, the IATA code is always 3 letters & the ICAO code is 4 letters.
2016-05-23 04:47:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The VR obviously stands for Vancouver.
I think they ran out of other prefixes and started handing out Y as the initial letters after a while.
2006-11-30 01:48:49 · answer #3 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know specifically, but here's a link to a general "how airports get their codes" post.
2006-11-30 01:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by M.C. Cheese of BMP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know strange isn't it?
All airports have strange initials.... you wonder where you are going...
2006-11-30 01:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋