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NOTAM Presentation

Georgia Airports Association March 9, 2017

Presented By Joseph Robinson, Planning/Project Manager

Aviation Program

Important Reminders • Obligated Airport Operator responsibilities:

• Make known any condition, existing or anticipated, within 5 miles of Airport Reference Point (ARP) that is different that what is shown in the current publications. • Obligated through Grant Assurance 19: Operation and

Maintenance • Examples: Closures, Cranes, Obstruction lights Out of

Service, Construction, Maintenance, Observing and reporting conditions of airport services and facilities

• Fuel unavailable • Record keeping requirements – including log of

NOTAM’s • Important to keep record in the event of an

accident/incident • NOTAM’s issued in GMT (Zulu time)

• Eastern Time + 4 or 5 hours depending on daylight savings time.

Latest Update • New Advisory Circular for Airport Operators

• AC150/5200-28F • Published 12/30/2016

Principal Changes

• AC update includes new information on NOTAM terminology and technology, text and format changes, and new tables.

• Includes: • New percent coverage table for contamination • New Language associated with Takeoff and Landing

Performance Assessment (TALPA) • New Runway Condition Assessment Matrix (RCAM • New Field Condition NOTAM information (FICON) • Adds examples of NOTAM sentences and translations • Identifies new pilot reported braking actions

Runway Condition Reporting

Highly recommended to report: Required to report:

Depth Report Required Depth report Not-required

Slush Wet – when associated with winter conditions

Water over ice Ice

Wet Snow Wet Ice

Dry Snow Compacted Snow

Slush Oil

Mud Sand

*Does not include all contaminant types. See Advisory Circular Section 3.3.1 for further details

Wet conditions (rain)

Principal Changes Cont. Percent Coverage:

Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment

The Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) initiative aims to reduce the risk of runway overruns by providing airport operators with a method to accurately and consistently determine the runway condition when a paved runway is not dry. This information will enable airplane operators, pilots, and flight planners to determine the distance required to stop on a wet or contaminated paved runway in a more accurate way. Beginning October 1, 2016, 0900 UTC, federally obligated airports will use TALPA procedures to conduct runway assessments and to report those conditions in newly formatted Field Condition (FICON) Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs).

Runway Condition Assessment Matrix

• Method to assess and report conditions on a runway surface when contaminants are present.

• Only Applicable to paved runways

• Only applicable if >25% of surface is contaminated

• Appendix B from Advisory Circular:

Example

Conditions Not Monitored

• NOTAM issues to show conditions not monitored on airport when staffing is not present

• Good NOTAM to use when significant contamination is expected but airport will not be staffed/monitored

• Hurricane • Winter Event

Issuing NOTAM’s

• There are currently 2 ways to issue NOTAM’S 1. Call in NOTAMS to the local Flight Service Station (FSS) 2. Electronically file NOTAM’s via NOTAM Manager System

NOTAM Manager (NM) is a web-based application so new software installation is

not required

There is no cost to the airport to acquire and use NOTAM Manager.

Background of NM and its Purpose

The legacy method of issuing a NOTAM is via eNOTAM II or telephone calls to Flight Services.

FNS was developed as a NextGen program of the FAA to enhance and replace legacy NOTAM systems and processes.

The FAA is implementing the NOTAM Manager program at public use airports throughout the National Airspace System (NAS).

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NOTAM Manager

Creating a Safer NAS Faster NOTAM Approval and

Publication More Accurate NOTAMs

Less chance of human error Business rule checks insure accuracy

Streamlined NOTAM Input NextGen System Integration Distribute NOTAMs to key Airport users

as soon as condition changes on Airfield

Maintains historical data

Intuitive and easy to use

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Digital NOTAM Benefits (cont.) Once system is fully integrated, pilots will

spend less time reviewing NOTAMs • More usable list with ability to sort

NOTAMs • Airport is in total control of Digital

NOTAMs • NOTAMs available in Federal NOTAM

System within 2-3 seconds, and into NAS immediately thereafter.

There is a Demo Site available for training purposes and practice.

Cost savings due to more efficient

operations • Time reduction

− Airport Operators − Airline Dispatcher − No waiting for NOTAMs to be issued.

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The NOTAM Manager software will be used by Airport Operations

Required Documents: LOA

Letter of Agreement between Airport and the FAA Control Facility (Tower, TRACON)

MOA Memorandum of Agreement between FAA AIM and the Airport detailing use of NOTAM Manager System NOTE*: If your Airport does not have a control tower and is not under the

jurisdiction of an Approach Control, then a LOA may not be required.

Georgia Airport Activity with NM The following airports are currently using NM: ATL, PDK, MAC, MCN, AGS, ABY, BQK, SSI, CSG

Georgia airports the NM Deployment Team has contacted in the past: SAV, AHN, VLD

NM is available to any public use airport in

the United States. The NM Deployment Team will work with your airport to activate NM.

Digital NOTAMs Converted • Currently, over 80% of the nations airport surface

feature NOTAMs are submitted digitally through the Federal NOTAM System (FNS).

• As of January 31, 2017, there are 1,015 airports using NM.

• Over 300,000 NOTAMs are being issued annually by airports in digital format through NM, allowing for immediate review by the flying public via websites such as NOTAM Search or PilotWeb.

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NOTAM Manager will be populated with site specific information found in

your drop down menu’s.

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Viewable NOTAM rows

Action Toolbar

Airport Pane

Administrative Toolbar

NOTAM Summary Pane

Search Box

Column Headers

Demo site • http://notamdemo.aim.nas.faa.gov/dnotam/#1

• Log: jorobinson@dot.ga.gov • Mac1234#

How do I sign up? • There are two ways to register for NM: 1. Call 816-329-2550 during normal business

hours for the Central Time Zone and someone from the NM Deployment Team will answer or call you back and get you started.

2. Go to the website below, click on “New Registration”, click on “Airport Authority Representative”, complete the form and click submit. Then, a member of the NM Deployment Team will contact you and assist you in getting started.

• https://notams.aim.faa.gov/scert/

Questions?

Visit us dot.ga.gov/aviation

Reference:

NOTAM Manager Support team for presentation and demo site access