# Rush, YYZ: How did I not know this?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 8, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173 "2012-02-08T07:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173/1 "2012-02-08T07:52:27Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173/2 "2012-02-08T14:46:53Z")

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Canadian airport codes are not as intuitive as the US ones 🙂

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**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173/3 "2012-02-08T14:50:53Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-yyz-how-did-i-not-know-this/612173/4 "2012-02-08T15:34:44Z")

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> [@mnemosyne](#):
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> What, you mean it isn’t immediately obvious to you that YUL is Montreal(Dorval), YMX is Montreal (Mirabel) and YYG is Charlottetown?
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> A few make a bit more sense, but Toronto Pearson isn’t one of them.
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> 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.