$ref attribute containing forward slashes

[msbsh]

When trying to $ref an element, that contains '/' in it's name the pointer cannot be found.
I found the specification for escaping '/' characters here: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901#page-3

I'm trying to reference the following element:

paths:
  /airport/HAM:
    get:
      ...

of a YML file and reference it from another YML by using:

$ref: "#/paths/~1aircraft~1HAM/get"

yet, I cannot get it to stay escaped properly, as the second '~1' gets evaluated too early giving me the error message:

Token \"/aircraft/HAM\" does not exist.",
  "stack": "SyntaxError: Error resolving $ref pointer \"/Users/someUser/airport.yaml#/paths/~1aircraft~HAM/get\".

I would appreciate any hints or help!