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Flight Ops Live Week Stay connected with the Flight Ops Community NOTAMS Solving Old Problems with New Technology 2020 December 1-3 Craig McFarlane Head of N-Flight Planning Production
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NOTAMSSolving Old Problems with New Technology
2020 December 1-3 Craig McFarlaneHead of N-Flight Planning Production
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01NOTAM Rule Translation
02NOTAM Tunneling
03NOTAM Criticality
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01NOTAM Rule Translation
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04PROCESSLimitations with Current Process
1) Volume• NAVBLUE receives ~18000 new NOTAMs every weekday• NOTAM Analyst creates ~1100 restrictions daily from NOTAMs
2) 60% of the NOTAMs are ‘simple’ NOTAMs• Airport, Runway, Published Airspace Closures
3) Process is highly manual• Requires 2+ persons at all time• Requires manual review of Analyst’s work
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IDEAL RESOLUTIONFuture Objectives
1) Automation• AIXM formatted NOTAMs• Text Scraping / Natural Language Processing
2) Text Scraping / Natural Language Processing• Initial work done by Airbus Singapore• Able to detect and suggest solution 98% of time• Additional work required to tailor for N-Flight Planning
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DESIRED IMPACTHow NFP Users will Benefit from this Technology
Increased Accuracy Less opportunity for human error
Timeliness of Rule CreationRules can be created upon receiving the NOTAM
Increased Scope Automation allows for more output and scope
Roadmap H2-2021
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02NOTAM Tunneling
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PROCESSLimitations with Current NOTAM Package Functionality
1) NFP provides NOTAMs for each FIR flown throughLeads to large number of NOTAMs unrelated to flight
2) NAVBLUE offers NFP users the ability to control their NOTAM contentEffective December 2020Will allow airlines better customization for NOTAM package
3) Geo-spatial referencing content on NOTAM is misleadingUses Reference Point + Radius for all airspace restriction types
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Ideal ResolutionFuture Objectives
1) Provide NFP users only NOTAMs for the airspace they are flying through “NOTAM Tunneling”
2) Current StateNFP has knowledge of published airspace boundariesNFP has capability to translate navigational data into airspace blocksNFP is able to avoid published and temporary airspace closures
3) Future WorkQ-Line is appropriate for aerodrome-based NOTAMSNeed to extract geospatial references from NOTAM text for FIR-based NOTAMsCross-reference where the flight is determined to be with the location of the airspace closure• Will determine whether to include or exclude NOTAM in NOTAM package.
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IMPACT
Roadmap H2-2021
How NFP Users will Benefit from this Technology
Smaller NOTAM PackageLess NOTAMs to have to read and information to retain
More relevant information presented to pilotsOnly information pertinent to the route-of-flight will be included on the flight package
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03NOTAM Criticality
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PROBLEMSToo Much Information
NOTAM Package sizeFlights can have 100+ pages of NOTAMs to readUnrealistic for Pilots/Dispatcher to read/retain all NOTAM contentInformation is repetitive• Different Series• NOTAM Active for months
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Ideal ResolutionFuture Objectives
1) A tool for airlines to customize NOTAMAdd CommentsIndicate PriorityKeyword highlighting
2) Incorporate Criticality into NOTAM Package
High -> Low Priority RankedDisplay specific criticality levels
#Danger area #Activated
New weapons training in French UIR near LFBJCreation of tempo danger exer area (with frng) bounded by: 4751N00358E, 4733N00351E, 4734N00337E, 4751N00358EContact UIR for information: 133.725MHZSee www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr
Additional informationNOTAM series/number:Start date/time:End date/time:Traffic:
R1234/2016 Jul 2020, 10:00Z18 Jul 2020, 10:30Z
#VFR #IFR
high
Decoded Q-Code
Acronym Dictionary
Hyperlinks
CriticalityComments
Map
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IMPACT
Roadmap H2-2022
How NFP Users will Benefit from this Technology
Smaller NOTAM PackageAirlines can determine what NOTAMs to show on the flight packageRepetitive NOTAMs (different Series) can be removed
Criticality ListImportant NOTAMs presented first
Customer NotesPossibility to add notes/comments relevant to the NOTAM
Graphic Representation Graphical representation on a map of airspace impacted by NOTAM
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