Editing NOTAM (section)

==History==
The acronym ''NOTAM'' came into common use following the ratification of the CICA, which went into effect on 4 April 1947,<ref name="StLouis">{{cite web |title=NOTAMs and TFRs |url=https://www.stlouisdowntownairport.com/pilot-information/notams-and-tfrs/ |website=St. Louis Downtown Airport |access-date=5 March 2025 |location=St. Louis, Missouri}}</ref> although early recorded use of the "Notice to Airmen" heading can be found in ''[[Flight International]]'' magazine in the [[UK]].<ref name=1stuse>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071630/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200059.html "Notices To Airmen"], a 1921 NOTAM in ''Flight'' magazine</ref> Notices to airmen were normally published in a regular publication by each country's air authorities, as in the UK.<ref name="StLouis" />

Several developments and amendments to the CICA have resulted in the more automated system available today. At some point in the past, the NOTAM system became web-aware.<ref name="enotam">{{cite news |title=Global repository of actual NOTAMS |url=https://www.icao.int/safety/istars/pages/notams.aspx |access-date=16 April 2023 |publisher=International Civil Aviation Organization}}</ref>

In July 2017, [[Air Canada Flight 759]] nearly crashed into four other airliners as it attempted to land on a [[San Francisco]] taxiway misidentified as a runway: the adjacent runway was closed, but the information was buried in the NOTAM. In September 2018, as a consequence of the findings of its investigation, the [[National Transportation Safety Board]] (NTSB) stated NOTAMs were unintelligible and ignored. The NTSB recommended more effective presentation of relevant information. NTSB chairman [[Robert L. Sumwalt (U.S. government official)|Robert Sumwalt]] described NOTAMs as "a bunch of garbage that nobody pays any attention to". This led to an initiative of the [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] (ICAO) to reform the NOTAM system.<ref name="Garbage">{{cite news |last1=Freed |first1=Jamie |title='Bunch of garbage': Campaign to ease pilot overload from antiquated safety warnings |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/bunch-garbage-campaign-ease-pilot-overload-antiquated-safety-warnings-2021-04-28/ |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=Reuters |date=28 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

In early 2014, [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|Russia occupied Crimea]] and as part of the takeover, [[Russia]] issued a new code, '''URFV''' to cover the Crimean airspace. The Ukrainian air controller has since been forced to issue NOTAMs under the '''UKFV''' code, basically a verbatim repeater.<ref name="ops21">{{cite news |title=Russia Restricts Flights Over Crimea And Black Sea |url=https://ops.group/blog/russia-restricts-flights-over-crimea-and-black-sea/ |publisher=OPSGROUP |date=21 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="tass21">{{cite news |title=Russia issues warning, restricts flight zone over Black Sea |url=https://tass.com/politics/1280469 |publisher=TASS |date=20 April 2021}}</ref> As a result, all the UKFV NOTAMs advising about this area affix this note:<ref name=ops21/>
 DUE ACTIVITY PUBLISHED BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
 THE PUBLICATION BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF INFORMATION 
 RELATED TO AIRSPACE UNDER RESPONSIBILITY OF UKRAINE 
 DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ICAO 
 AIR NAVIGATION PLAN - EUROPEAN REGION (DOC 7754) 
 AND THE ICAO ANNEXES 11 AND 15.

In the run-up to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Russian authorities closed large parts of the [[Black Sea]], the [[Kerch Strait]], and almost the entire [[Sea of Azov]] "for missile and artillery live fire exercises." A spokesman for the [[Ukrainian Foreign Ministry]] protested the Russian NOTAMs over this unprecedentedly large exercise area, which essentially obstructed international shipping and had economic consequences for Ukrainian ports such as [[Mariupol]].<ref name="tmin">{{cite news |title=[ANALYSIS] What is Russia's actual intent in promulgating NOTAMS in the Black Sea? |url=https://www.turkishminute.com/2022/02/11/sis-what-is-russias-actual-intent-in-promulgating-notams-in-the-black-sea/ |publisher=Turkish Minute |date=11 February 2022}}</ref>