"With immediate effect, Pakistan airspace is open for all type of civilian traffic on published ATS routes," read a notice to airmen (
NOTAM) issued by the authority.
Iran's Airports Company (IAC) announced last week that the airlines that had rerouted their flights to keep away from Iranian skies after a
NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by the US are now returning to their conventional routes through Iran's airspace as they are safer and more economical.
One way to deal with this torrent of poorly presented information is to call Flight Service, ask for an abbreviated briefing and query the briefer about
Notams for your proposed flight, and especially if there's any new FDC
Notam affecting the airspace or procedures you anticipate.
Tap one of your favorite airports, or choose from a nearest list, and you can get METAR/TAFs, PIREPs,
NOTAMs, major weather charts (such as a surface analysis or prog charts), static NEXRAD and even approach plates.
He added: "It is true that on a number of occasions recently the airport has taken the decision to issue what is described as a notice to airman (
NOTAM), effectively closing the airport's controlled airspace for a short period.
Just as the Mr Force's "notices to Airmen" (
NOTAM) tell aircrews about important flight-related information (e.g., "runway X at base Y is closed"), so do ASPJ's doctrine
NOTAMs succinctly inform Airmen about important changes or concepts and explain their relevance, thus keeping Airmen up to date on our service's constantly evolving doctrine.
Laser-Scan has developed its
Notam Display System (NDS), which enables aircrews to input routing information via an ordinary web browser and retrieve and display all
Notams (Notice to AirMen) that could have an impact on their flight.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Feb 13 (ANI): IndiGo cancelled as many as 49 flights on Wednesday due to various factors including the anticipated weather conditions on Thursday and
NOTAMS at various airports.
In the FDC
Notams. You know, those often-detailed advisories that every fiber in your preflight planning being wants to blow past when you download them by the dozens, most of which have no bearing on where and how you'll fly (I'm not likely to take a Beech Bonanza over North Korea, for instance).
NOTAMs usually forecast these outages, but outages can occur without notice.
In the meantime, Turkey also issued three
Notams (or notices to airmen) by which it reserved for exercises portions of the Nicosia Flight Information (FIR).