U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 9. INTERNATIONAL NOTAMS

Section 1. GENERAL PROCEDURES

9-1-1. RETRIEVING INTERNATIONAL NOTAMs

a. Appendix 2, International NOTAM (Q) Codes, contains the NOTAM codes used for international NOTAMs.

b. International NOTAM offices that provide NOTAMs to the U.S. NOTAM office are listed in ICAO DOC 7383 and the FAA International Flight Information Manual.

c. International NOTAMs transmitted and received by the U.S. NOTAM Office are stored in the USNS, and while current, may be retrieved by both AFTN subscribers and FAA facilities via request/reply.

d. The USNOF issues international NOTAMs concerning the OMEGA, LORAN, and GPS systems and certain special use airspace for ARTCCs which control oceanic airspace; i.e., ARTCC and CARF altitude reservations (ALTRVs) and warning areas. Warning areas and ALTRVs are filed under the associated ARTCC ICAO location indicator (KZBW, KZHU, KZSE, KZJX, KZMA, KZNY, KZOA, KZLA, TJZS, PAZA, or PHZH). Information concerning permanent, long-term general data and selected foreign advisories are stored under KFDC location indicator. OMEGA, LORAN, and GPS information is stored under KNMH. These NOTAMs are numbered consecutively by location beginning with A001 each year. The year of issuance and the serial number are separated by a slant; e.g., A0211/00, A0002/00.

EXAMPLE-
GG KSEAYFYX
041749 KDZZNAXX
)SVC RQ INT LOC=KZSE NT=A0007/93

040105 KZSE
(A0007/93 NOTAMN A) KZSE B) 01042100 C)
01050100 E) QRRCA W460B
F) SFC G) 2000 FT

NOTAMs FOUND 1

NOTE-
Seattle AFSS requested an international NOTAM from the U.S. NOTAM System computer. The request was for Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) International NOTAM A0007/93 and received the data from the computer. The NOTAM was issued on the fourth of January at 0105 UTC. The affected location was Seattle ARTCC (KZSE) with an effective time of January fourth at 2100 UTC ( B) and good through January fifth at 0100 UTC ( C). The condition was that Warning Area W640B will be active during those times stated and for an altitude of surface ( F) to 2000 feet MSL ( G). There was only one NOTAM found.

9-1-2. INTERNATIONAL NOTAM DATA AVAILABILITY

a. The format of international NOTAMs with set fields and information is shown in the table below.

International NOTAM Format

NOTE-
NOTAMR (NOTAM replacement) and NOTAMC (NOTAM cancellation) are valid contractions and will be followed by another NOTAM number that is being replaced or canceled. NOTAMS is the contraction for a snow NOTAM.

b. Formats for retrieving international NOTAMs via NADIN are as follows:

NOTE-
All facilities must use their particular equipment's keyboard equivalent of the closed parenthesis or the equal symbol as appropriate.

EXAMPLE-
A request for a single NOTAM for a given accountability identifier:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
042100 KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT ACC=MYNNYNYX NT=A0211/00

Reply:

GG KDCAYFYX
042105 KDZZNAXX
)SVC RQ INT ACC=MYNNYNYX NT=A0211/00

181906 MYNNYNYX
A0211/00 NOTAMN
A) MYNN
B) 0011181730
C) PERM
E) RWY 05 CLSD TO BOTH LNG AND DEP ACFT BUT MAY BE USED FOR TAX.

NOTE-
Bahamas International NOTAM office issued a new NOTAM numbered A0211 and was the 211th NOTAM issued for 2000. This NOTAM affected Nassau International Airport (MYNN) with a start time of November 18, 2000 at 1730 UTC and will be permanent. The condition is that runway 5 is closed to both landing and departing aircraft but may be used for taxiing.

EXAMPLE-
A request for all international NOTAMs for a given location:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
DTG KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT LOC=CYUL

EXAMPLE-
A request for a single international NOTAM issued in the KFDC series:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
DTG KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT ACC=KFDC NT=A174/00

EXAMPLE-
A request for a single oceanic airspace NOTAM for a given domestic ARTCC:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
DTG KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT ACC=KZNY NT=A135/00

EXAMPLE-
A request for all oceanic airspace NOTAMs for a given
domestic ARTCC:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
DTG KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT LOC=KZNY

EXAMPLE-
A request for multiple international locations:

AIS:

GG KDZZNAXX
DTG KDCAYFYX
)SVC RQ INT
LOC=EGGN,EDDF,LIIA,EGPX,SBRJ,MYNN,MKJK

9-1-3. USNS-GENERATED SERVICE MESSAGES

Receipt of the message “NOTAMS FOUND 0” indicates there are no international NOTAMs on file for the number or location requested.