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Old Dec 8, 2025 | 8:18 am
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Originally Posted by EWR764
Q, X and Z IATA codes are typically bus or rail stations to enable through tickets to be issued pursuant to air/rail or air/bus agreements.

In the past, QKB was the IATA code for United's former Landline bus service from DEN to Breckenridge. As you may recall, ZFV was 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, a little "hack" that many used to good effect during the days of the now-expired Amtrak partnership.
I have "Z" doubly represented in ZRH (UA operated) and ZQN (NZ operated) but thought I remembered there being something special about "Q"

Originally Posted by bmwe92fan
Good luck with these airports!

Airport Codes that begin with Q
Hmmm... None of those at first glance jump out as having UA operations -- seems I might have to spend some time cross referencing them -- a good wind-down activity
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