Editing NOTAM (section)

{{Short description|Aviation notice of potential flight hazards}}
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A '''NOTAM''' (ICAO & FAA: '''Notice to Airmen,'''<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Aviation |first=David W. |last=Wragg |isbn=9780850451634 |edition=first |publisher=Osprey |year=1973 |page=203}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Notices to Airmen|url=https://www.icao.int/safety/istars/pages/notams.aspx|access-date=2021-12-01|website=www.icao.int|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201194917/https://www.icao.int/safety/istars/pages/notams.aspx|archive-date=2021-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=FAA Order 7930.2S, Change 2, "Notices to Air Men (NOTAM)|url=https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/7930.2S_Chg_2_dtd_12-2-21.pdf|website=www.faa.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What is a NOTAM? Notice to Airman (NOTAMs) |url=https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/notam/what_is_a_notam |website=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref>  CAA: '''Notice to Aviation'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Notifying airspace users of drone and remotely piloted events or activity {{!}} Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/drones/airspace-and-restrictions/notifying-airspace-users-of-drone-and-remotely-piloted-events-or-activity/ |website=www.caa.co.uk |publisher=Civil Aviation Authority |access-date=11 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airspace notification of air displays and flypasts {{!}} Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/general-aviation/flying-displays-and-special-events/airspace-notification-of-air-displays-and-flypasts/ |website=www.caa.co.uk |publisher=Civil Aviation Authority}}</ref> or, for the FAA from 2021 to 2025, '''Notice to Air Missions'''<ref>{{cite web | last=Gilbert | first=Gordon | title=Notam Gets Gender-neutral Name in FAA Procedures Update | website=Aviation International News | date=2021-12-07 | url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2021-12-07/notam-gets-gender-neutral-name-faa-procedures-update | access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=NOTAM Term Change from Notice to Air Missions to Notice to Airmen | website=Federal Aviation Administration | date=2025-02-10 | url=https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/orders_notices/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentID/1043524 | access-date=2025-02-19}}</ref>) is a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight.<ref>{{cite web |last=Chambers |first=Dan |title=Flight School 101: What is a NOTAM? |url=http://www.aviator.edu/129/section.aspx/72/post/flight-school-101-what-is-a-notam |publisher=College of Aeronautical Science & Technology |date=February 10, 2010 |access-date=February 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203050309/http://www.aviator.edu/129/section.aspx/72/post/flight-school-101-what-is-a-notam |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> NOTAMs are notices or advisories that contain information concerning the establishment, conditions or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which may be essential to personnel and systems concerned with flight operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3/publication/afi11-208/afi11-208.pdf |title=Air Force Instruction Interservice Publication 11-208}}</ref>

NOTAMs are created and transmitted by government agencies and airport operators under guidelines specified by Annex 15: Aeronautical Information Services of the [[Convention on International Civil Aviation]] (CICA). A NOTAM is filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of any hazards ''en route'' or at a specific location, or [[Flight Information Region]]. The authority, in turn, provides a means of disseminating relevant NOTAMs to pilots.