"!FTW 12/181 52F AD CLSD" - Would you know what this means?
"!COD 12/022 COD AD PAEW WEF 0812301052" - How about this one?
A couple of years ago, I nearly completed a stupid pilot trick when I went flying without calling a FSS or checking NOTAM's/TFR's. It's easy to do... gorgeous summer day, 70's and you just want to go eat some pancakes. I flew from my home airport KOWI up to Topeka (KTOP) to the restaurant. A short 15 min flight. It wasn't until after I returned home, fat and happy with pancackes, that I realized I missed a Presidential TFR by a mere 2 hours! A few EAA chapter members designated me as "NOTAM Brandes".
Now fast forward a couple of years... yes, I check online for NOTAM's and TFR's every time I go fly. I'm also working on my instrument rating which means I really have to pay attention. Last week, I pulled up the NOTAM's before I went flying and saw this: !ZKC 12/181 OWI AD CLSD Hmmm... now most of the NOTAM contractions are somewhat logical and can be deciphered but this one didn't seem obvious. I called my flight instructor, who happens to be a FAA Center Controller, and asked him what the hec that meant. He wasn't initially sure but after thinking about it, decided that it meant the airport was closed.... and that "AD" meant Aerodrome. He said that the new "D NOTAM" contractions had changed from previous styles of NOTAM's.
I went on a hunt to find "AD" listed somewhere. I looked quite a bit and never could find it, not even on the FAA site of NOTAM contractions, which, is outdated by the way. Andy (my instructor) and I set off to find it. After a week of poking around, I found something this morning that makes reference to it.
So..... are you "D" NOTAM literate??
The "D" NOTAM Brochure
NOTAM Briefing:Guidance for NOTAM ?D?Standardization - This is a good presentation that actually lists some of the "Keywords" as they call them.
"!COD 12/022 COD AD PAEW WEF 0812301052" - How about this one?
A couple of years ago, I nearly completed a stupid pilot trick when I went flying without calling a FSS or checking NOTAM's/TFR's. It's easy to do... gorgeous summer day, 70's and you just want to go eat some pancakes. I flew from my home airport KOWI up to Topeka (KTOP) to the restaurant. A short 15 min flight. It wasn't until after I returned home, fat and happy with pancackes, that I realized I missed a Presidential TFR by a mere 2 hours! A few EAA chapter members designated me as "NOTAM Brandes".
Now fast forward a couple of years... yes, I check online for NOTAM's and TFR's every time I go fly. I'm also working on my instrument rating which means I really have to pay attention. Last week, I pulled up the NOTAM's before I went flying and saw this: !ZKC 12/181 OWI AD CLSD Hmmm... now most of the NOTAM contractions are somewhat logical and can be deciphered but this one didn't seem obvious. I called my flight instructor, who happens to be a FAA Center Controller, and asked him what the hec that meant. He wasn't initially sure but after thinking about it, decided that it meant the airport was closed.... and that "AD" meant Aerodrome. He said that the new "D NOTAM" contractions had changed from previous styles of NOTAM's.
I went on a hunt to find "AD" listed somewhere. I looked quite a bit and never could find it, not even on the FAA site of NOTAM contractions, which, is outdated by the way. Andy (my instructor) and I set off to find it. After a week of poking around, I found something this morning that makes reference to it.
So..... are you "D" NOTAM literate??
The "D" NOTAM Brochure
NOTAM Briefing:Guidance for NOTAM ?D?Standardization - This is a good presentation that actually lists some of the "Keywords" as they call them.