NOTAM

Aviation briefings

A NOTAM (Notice to Airmen,[1][2] Notice to Air Men,[3] Notice to Airman[4] or Notice to Air Missions[5]) is a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight.[6] NOTAMs are notices or advisories that contain information concerning the establishment, conditions or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which may be essential to personnel and systems concerned with flight operations.[7]

NOTAMs are created and transmitted by government agencies and airport operators under guidelines specified by Annex 15: Aeronautical Information Services of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (CICA). A NOTAM is filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of any hazards en route or at a specific location, or Flight Information Region. The authority, in turn, provides a means of disseminating relevant NOTAMs to pilots.

  1. ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 203. ISBN 9780850451634.
  2. ^ "Notices to Airmen". www.icao.int. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
  3. ^ "FAA Order 7930.2S, Change 2, "Notices to Air Men (NOTAM)" (PDF). www.faa.gov.
  4. ^ "What is a NOTAM? Notice to Airman (NOTAMs)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  5. ^ "What is a NOTAM? Notice to Air Missions (NOTAMs)". Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. ^ Chambers, Dan (February 10, 2010). "Flight School 101: What is a NOTAM?". College of Aeronautical Science & Technology. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  7. ^ "Air Force Instruction Interservice Publication 11-208" (PDF).