Civil “Local” NOTAMs will become NOTAM “D”s effective January 28, 2008
NOTAMs Notice N JO 7930.85 amends FAAO 7930.2K NOTAM MANUAL effective January 28, 2008
www.FAA.gov Nov 29, 2007: NOTAMs Notice N JO 7930.85 amends FAAO 7930.2K NOTAM MANUAL effective January 28, 2008. Nov 27 This notice provides policy and procedural guidance and interim operating procedures to Federal Aviation Order (FAAO) 7930.2 Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs). NOTAMS can be found on-line here. NOTAMs for specific airports can be found here. NOTAMs for your route of flight can be found here.
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From the order
4.a.e. All D NOTAMs shall have one of the following keywords as the first part of the text:
RWY, TWY, RAMP, APRON, AD, OBST, NAV, COM, SVC, AIRSPACE, (U), or (O).
(1) RWY (Runway)
EXAMPLES-
!STL STL RWY 12L/30R CLSD EXC TXG
!LEX LEX RWY 5 REIL OTS
!PRC SJN RWY 13/31 NOW RWY 14/32
(2) TWY (Taxiway)
EXAMPLES-
!LNS LNS TWY A LGTS OTS
!DSM DSM TWY P1, P3 CLSD
(3) RAMP (Ramp)
EXAMPLE –
!DSM DSM RAMP SOUTH CARGO RAMP CLSD
(4) APRON (Apron)
EXAMPLES-
!ATL ATL APRON NORTH TWY L3 APRON CLSD
!BNA BNA APRON NORTH APRON CLSD
(5) AD (Aerodrome includes airport, heliport, and helipads)
NOTAMs pertaining to aircraft operations on or within 5 SM of an aerodrome, which
encompasses airport, heliport, helipad, and maneuvering area, that is not covered under
runways, taxiways, ramps, aprons, obstructions, navaids, services, communications, or airspaces.
EXAMPLES-
!LAL LAL AD GRASS LDG STRIP LCTD 400 S RWY 9R/27L 1700 X 55 AVBL VMC DALGT PPR SUN N
FUN WEF 0804151100-0804232359
!CDB AK05 AD CLSD PERM
!RIU O88 AD HELI DCMSND
!AOO PA06 AD CLSD TSNT
!BET BET AD CLSD EXC SKI
!AOO 29D AD CLSD EXC PPR 0330-1430 MON-FRI
!BUF D67 AD CLSD EXC HI-WING ACFT
!CEW CEW AD CLSD WEF 0709041400-0709041800
!CDB AKA AD OPEN
!CLE 15G AD NOW PUBLIC
!CLE 15G AD NOW PRIVATE
(6) OBST (Obstructions, including obstruction lighting outages)
EXAMPLES-
!MIV N52 OBST TOWER 580 (305 AGL) 7 SW LGTS OTS (ASR NUMBER) TIL 0712302300
!PIE CLW OBST CRANE 195 (125 AGL) .25 NE (2755N08241W) TIL 0711032000
NOTE: Insert latitude/longitude, if known, immediately after cardinal direction in the format shown above.
(7) NAV (Navigation Aids)
EXAMPLE-
!PNC PER NAV VOR UNUSBL 045-060 BYD 20 BLW 2000
(8) COM (Communications)
EXAMPLES-
!DCA PSK COM RCO OTS
!IPT IPT COM VOR VOICE OTS
(9) SVC (Services)
EXAMPLES-
!MIV MIV SVC FUEL UNAVBL TIL 0709301600
!SHD SHD SVC TWR 1215-0300 MON-FRI/1430-2300 SAT/1600-0100/SUN TIL 0709170100
(10) AIRSPACE (Airspace)
EXAMPLES-
!CHO CHO AIRSPACE HELIUM BALLOONS 30 NE 1 NMR 10000/BLW WEF 0710121800-0710121830
!BKW BKW AIRSPACE PYROTECHNIC DEMO 1000/BLW 8 W .5 NMR AVOIDANCE ADZD WEF
0712312230-0712312300
(11) (U) – Unverified Aeronautical Information (for use only where authorized by
Letters of Agreement).
Movement area or other information received that meets NOTAM
criteria and has not been confirmed by the Airport Manager (AMGR) or their designee. If Flight
Service is unable to contact airport management, Flight Service shall forward (U) NOTAM
information to USNS. Subsequent to USNS distribution of a (U) NOTAM, Flight Service will
inform airport management of the action taken as soon as practical. Any such NOTAM will be
prefaced with ‘(U)’ as the keyword and followed by the appropriate keyword contraction, as set
forth in this Policy, following the Location Identifier.
EXAMPLE-
!ORT 6K8 (U) RWY ABANDONED VEHICLE
(12) (O) – Other Aeronautical Information.
Aeronautical information received from any authorized source that may be beneficial to aircraft
operations and does not meet defined NOTAM criteria. Any such NOTAM will be prefaced with
‘(O)’ as the keyword following the Location Identifier.
EXAMPLE-
!LOZ LOZ (O) CONTROLLED BURN OF HOUSE 8 NE APCH END RWY 23 WEF 0710211300-
0710211700
f. Any NOTAM associated with “Personnel and Equipment Working” (PAEW), will be
associated with RWY, TWY, RAMP, or APRON and a direction from the associated
movement area, as appropriate.
EXAMPLES-
!CHO CHO RWY 23 PAEW FIRST 500 ALONG SE SIDE
!SBY SBY TWY E PAEW SOUTH SIDE BTN RWY 5/TWY G
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