Rush, YYZ: How did I not know this?

[Loach]

As a big Rush fan I of course know the instrumental song from the album Moving Pictures. I even knew that they incorporated the morse code for the letters YYZ throughout the song.

So how did I not know until this moment that YYZ is the airport designation for Toronto Pearson International Airport? It all becomes clear now.

[Moonlitherial]

Canadian airport codes are not as intuitive as the US ones

[mnemosyne]

What, you mean it isn't immediately obvious to you that YUL is Montreal(Dorval), YMX is Montreal (Mirabel) and YYG is Charlottetown?

A few make a bit more sense, but Toronto Pearson isn't one of them.

YYC - Calgary, YVR - Vancouver, YOW - Ottawa.

[Loach]

Originally Posted by mnemosyne

What, you mean it isn't immediately obvious to you that YUL is Montreal(Dorval), YMX is Montreal (Mirabel) and YYG is Charlottetown?

A few make a bit more sense, but Toronto Pearson isn't one of them.

YYC - Calgary, YVR - Vancouver, YOW - Ottawa.

I guess I figured that the song was named that because they liked the rhythm of the morse code. Never occurred to me that there was another meaning to the title.