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46-487: Quesnel Airport ( IATA : YQZ , ICAO : CYQZ ) is on the east side of the Fraser River about 2.6 nautical miles (4.8 km; 3.0 mi) north of central Quesnel, British Columbia , Canada. In October 1928, John M. Patterson landed a Yukon Airways and Exploration Co Alexander Eaglerock biplane at Johnston's Field. In September 1929, Walter Gilbert came in a Western Canada Airways (WCA) Boeing B-1E . That winter,

92-460: A Consolidated Mining and Smelting Fairchild 71 arrived on the frozen Fraser next to the bridge. During summer 1930, Wilhelm A. Joerss descended onto the Fraser in an Air Land Manufacturing Co Junkers F 13 . In March 1931, Tom S. Corless made a weather-prompted landing of a Stinson SM-8A at Nam Sing's Field about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Quesnel. During the early 1930s, R.L. (Ginger) Coote

138-424: A 450-kilogram (1,000 lb) dry chemical truck exceeded the fire suppression standards for a Class F airport. Quesnel then averaged 48 take-offs or landings by heavy (over 11,000 kilograms (25,000 lb)) aircraft per month. A foam fire truck had been transferred to Williams Lake the prior year, because of decreased air traffic at Quesnel. In 1980, the overhead power distribution system was rebuilt. The next year,

184-423: A Quesnel stop. During a 1974 firefighter strike at Prince George Airport , CP Air and PWA Boeing 737s were landing at Quesnel. Less than a week later, these 737 flights switched to Williams Lake, because the existence of only auxiliary ground crew firefighters and a 160-kilogram (350 lb) dry chemical carrying truck at Quesnel Airport was deemed inadequate. By 1978, the three trained part-time firefighters and

230-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

276-415: A new passenger arrival area was set up in a portable at the south end of the terminal. In 1983, the runway and a taxiway were repaved. The next year, a new firehall/maintenance garage was erected and the water supply system upgraded. In 1991, the runway was rehabilitated. Construction tendered in 1992 included a meteorological instrument compound and the associated underground electrical ducting. That year,

322-499: A normal building with brick style cladding and a traditional pitched roof. Tara Park, developed by Liverpool City Council, have even used portable buildings to create temporary/permanent domestic housing for communities. Still complying with UK building regulations and disabled access. Due to population increases in many areas, portable buildings are sometimes brought in to schools to provide relief from overcrowding. Portable classroom buildings often include two classrooms separated by

368-456: A partition wall and a toilet . Portable buildings can also serve as a portable car garage or a storage unit for larger items. Businesses will often utilize portable buildings for bulk storage or construction equipment. In Australia , small portable dwellings are often called dongas. In Australia the word "demountable" in particular refers to portable classrooms . In the United Kingdom

414-492: A radio range aircraft navigational facility nearby. In 1946, administration of the airport passed from the DND to the DOT . In 1949, extensive drain and ditch work was carried out. In 1950, a spacious new refuelling area was developed. In 1951, further drainage work and some paving were undertaken and approach lighting tendered for the 1,676-by-61-metre (5,500 by 200 ft) runway. In 1954,

460-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

506-466: Is a building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located. Smaller version of portable buildings are also known as portable cabins. Portable cabins are prefabricated structures manufactured for uses such as site office, security cabin, accommodation, storage, toilets etc. Portable cabins are a cheaper alternative to traditional buildings and are useful when accommodation is required for an uncertain period of time. A common modern design

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552-600: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

598-518: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

644-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

690-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

736-556: Is often used as a generic trademark to mean any portable building of that general pattern. The spelling with a 'c' normally refers to similar temporary buildings made by other companies; Portakabin Ltd argues that the spelling "portacabin" is a misspelling. "Terrapin" like Portakabin, is a portable building manufacturer, although the term "terrapin building" is often used to describe any modular or prefabricated building. The use of “terrapin” dates back further than “Portakabin or “Portacabin” as

782-415: Is sometimes called a modular building but portable buildings can be different in that they are more often used temporarily and taken away later. Portable buildings (e.g. yurts ) have been used since prehistoric times. Many modern types of portable buildings are designed so that they can be carried to or from the site on a large lorry and slung on and off by a crane . The first portable building under

828-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

874-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

920-596: The 4,880-square-metre (52,500 sq ft) apron by 2,090 square metres (22,500 sq ft). By 2015, the annual airshow had become one of the biggest in Canada. In 2021, the airport received a $ 7,162,526 federal grant to rehabilitate the runway, taxiway and apron. In 2023, the airport applied for a $ 491,500 federal grant to replace a sweeper. The city owns and operates the 264-hectare (650-acre) site. The infrastructure includes two corporate hangars and some small private ones. CMA provides scheduled services. Other users are

966-528: The Quesnel Flying Club was founded, later disbanding, but reactivating in 1985. The reconstruction and paving of the runway, taxiway , and parking area culminated in an official opening in November 1958. Tendered that year was the installation of medium intensity lighting, and in 1959, the erection of a duplex . In 1960, Canadian Pacific Air Lines (CP Air) began scheduled services using a DC-3 . In 1963,

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1012-860: The Quesnel Flying Club, medevacs , and charter flights for the forestry, oil and gas, and mining industries. Low fog remains a navigational hazard. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

1058-489: The Quesnel Regional Airport. In 2010, the first annual SkyFest airshow was held, and the airport received a federal grant of about $ 158,000 to replace the old wet/dry chemical spreader. That year, the airport provided a temporary base for personnel and aircraft fighting wildfires in the area, which developed into an ongoing forestry services facility. In 2013, Northern Development provided a $ 244,815 grant to expand

1104-481: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Portable building A portable , demountable or transportable building

1150-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

1196-511: The airport handled more than 18,000 passengers and 13,000 aircraft movements. In 1993, a new 504-square-metre (5,425 sq ft) timber terminal and the associated roading and parking lot were built. The former portable accommodation was tendered for disposal. In 1997, control and maintenance passed from Transport Canada to the City of Quesnel. At the time, the federal government provided $ 1.8 million for safety improvements, which included resurfacing

1242-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

1288-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

1334-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

1380-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

1426-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

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1472-425: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

1518-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

1564-410: The frequency was reduced from daily to tri-weekly. That year, a new main reservoir was added to the existing pumphouse. After years of inadequate accommodation, a new terminal was opened in 1967. The next year, the construction of a new powerhouse was tendered. In 1971, Thunderbird Airlines , under charter to Pacific Western Airlines (PWA), inaugurated a Prince George− Kelowna service, which included

1610-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

1656-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

1702-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

1748-525: The preferred venue for float planes . In 1942, during World War II , the DND developed the present site as an intermediate facility between Williams Lake and Prince George . The airport was called RCAF Station Quesnel. In May 1943, the airport was designated the No. 13 Staging Unit. In the event of a Japanese invasion, fighter aircraft could be operated from the airstrip as a second line of defence. The RCAF established

1794-538: The runway, taxiway and apron , and upgrading the airfield lighting. Regular federal subsidies of about $ 500,000 per year came to an end. In 2003, a $ 211,000 federal grant funded an upgrade of the security gates and the purchase a runway sweeper. The next year, Central Mountain Air (CMA) replaced Air Canada Jazz as the sole scheduled service provider. In 2005, the name changed from the Quesnel Municipal Airport to

1840-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

1886-497: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

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1932-732: The trade name Portakabin was developed in 1961 in York , England by Donald Shepherd . Portable modular buildings have various uses. They are often seen, alone or in groups, as temporary site offices on building sites (where they are often stacked two high with metal stairs to reach the upper level; see also Construction trailer ). Other uses for these and other types of portable buildings are as guard shacks , in-plant offices (these are typically portable steel buildings), rural offices, on-site changing rooms , etc. Some portable buildings can be made very complex by joining units and forming large office blocks over several floors. These are often disguised as

1978-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

2024-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

2070-401: The words "Portakabin", "Portacabin", "Bunkabin" and "terrapin" are commonly used to describe these buildings. The use of these words as generic descriptions of portable buildings has caused contention amongst some manufacturers. The "Portakabin" spelling with a 'k' is a trademark owned by Shepherd Building Group 's Portakabin Ltd to identify its range of relocatable and modular buildings but

2116-429: Was based at Quesnel, initially operating as a sole proprietorship. In October 1933, he incorporated Bridge River and Cariboo Airways. Wheel-equipped aircraft heading to Alaska preferred the inland route up the Fraser, making Quesnel a popular stop. By 1934, Baker's Field came into use. In January 1938, the inaugural Ashcroft – Fort St. John airmail run landed on the frozen Dragon Lake south of Quesnel. This lake became

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