A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator

Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by squeaky-clean on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @06:28PM (#14143607)

Actually I just remembered an even more relevant funny story. One of the services I maintain at my job is a list of airport locations and their names in various languages (for airlines to use) among other details. I get so many requests to change things from airlines that don't understand basic geography or even where they fly.

My favorite is when a customer was raising hell because London International Airport (YXU) wasn't appearing under the city listing for London, UK and demanding it be added immediately. I had to tell them you don't fly there... it's located in Canada.

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by bigiain on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @02:22AM (#14145875)

I used to work in travel - and there's always stories of people who think "Sydney NS" and "Sydney NSW" are near enough - the first is in Nova Scotia in Canada, which is quite a long way from the Sydney in New South Wales in Australia...

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/31/dutch-teen-ends-...

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by Pxtl on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @10:11PM (#14144928)

Hah. The Y prefix alone should've been a tip off. I don't know a darned thing about air travel but I know Canada is stuck with the Y.

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by Zombieball on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:12PM (#14145177)

I think technically Canada is stuck with the "C" prefix (vs. "K" for USA) eg. CYVR, CYUL, CYXX

We also have airports with "CZ" (eg. CZBB).

I am not sure what the difference (if any) between CZ vs. CY codes is. Probably just sticking with convention (begin with Y or Z because everyone else does).

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by agrahul on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @01:33AM (#14145673)

Yes, the entirety of C is currently allocated to Canada[1]. The parent comments were talking about IATA codes, though, which aren't allocated by prefix.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_O...

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by Pxtl on Thursday April 20, 2017 @07:53PM (#14161940)

While IATA codes do not require a consistent prefix, all the Canadian airports start with Y:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_by_IATA_code:...

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by Zombieball on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:59AM (#14182608)

Interesting. I still see Canadian airports starting with Z.

But Y is heavily Canadian. We should all just start our own airport. Sounds like a good way to learn about naming. I imagine we will want an airport code staring with YC, so it'll have to be in Canada :P

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by protomyth on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:30PM (#14144034)

Perhaps they had watched a bit too much MST3K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqrJOdWdJFo&feature=youtu.be... 416- Fire Maidens of Outer Space

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Re:A customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Si... by mabbo on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @11:30AM (#14148410)

> I had to tell them you don't fly there... it's located in Canada.

The worst part is that after you land at YXU you're in London, Ontario.

(I lived near YXU for three years).

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