Notices To Airmen

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NOTAMS

- Richie Lengel

RELEVANT DISCUSSION:

AIM 5-1-3, JO 7930.2,

AC 150/5200-28

NOTAM DEFINITION: TIME-CRITICAL INFORMATION THAT IS EITHER TEMPORARY IN NATURE OR NOT KNOWN SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE TO PERMIT PUBLICATION ON AERONAUTICAL CHARTS OR OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

Notam (D):

1. Information is disseminated for all navigational facilities that are part of the National Airspace System (NAS) and all airports listed in the Chart Supplement.

2. They remain available for the duration of their validity or until published. Once published, the notam data is deleted from the system.

3. Airport operators are responsible for observing, reporting and ultimately canceling notam (D) information.

4. Information includes such data as taxiway closures, personnel and equipment near or crossing runways, and airport lighting aids that do not affect instrument approach criteria, such as a VASI.

5. All notam (D)s must have one of the keywords listed in TBL 5-1-1 (AIM 5-1-3) as the first part of the text after the location identifier.

FICON NOTAM — FIELD CONDITION NOTAM:

(JO 7930.2R, para. 5-1-4)

1. Notams that communicate runway and taxiway conditions during snow or ice events.