Editing NOTAM (section)

==Usage==
NOTAMs are issued (and reported) for several reasons, such as:
* hazards, including air shows, parachute jumps, kite flying, lasers, rocket launches, etc.
* flights by important people such as heads of state (which sometimes involve [[temporary flight restriction]]s, TFRs)
* closed runways
* inoperable radio navigational aids
* military exercises with resulting airspace restrictions
* inoperable lights on tall obstructions
* temporary erection of obstacles near airfields (e.g., cranes)
* passage of flocks of birds through airspace (a NOTAM in this category is known as a BIRDTAM)
* notifications of runway/taxiway/apron status concerning snow, ice, and standing water (a SNOWTAM)
* notification of an operationally significant change in [[volcanic ash]] or other dust contamination (an ASHTAM)
* software code risk announcements with associated patches to reduce specific vulnerabilities

Aviation authorities typically exchange NOTAMs over [[Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network]] (AFTN) circuits.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get NOTAM Data |url=https://www.icao.int/safety/iStars/Pages/Get-NOTAM-Data.aspx |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.icao.int}}</ref>

Software allows pilots to identify NOTAMs near their intended route or at the intended destination. Some complain that the volume and increasing triviality of NOTAMs has reduced their usefulness.<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{cite web |url=http://flightservicebureau.org/the-problem-of-bullshit-notams/ |title=The problem of Bullshit Notams |first=Mark |last=Zee |date=March 15, 2017 |website=Flight Service Bureau |access-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316030425/http://flightservicebureau.org/the-problem-of-bullshit-notams/ |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |url-status=usurped}}
*{{cite web |title=The problem of Bullshit Notams |url=https://ops.group/story/the-problem-of-bullshit-notams/ |website=The Opsgroup |access-date=12 January 2023 |date=March 2017}}
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In the [[U.S. Air Force]] information technology enterprise, '''C4 NOTAMs''' (command, control, communications, and computer notices to airmen) are notices of new or updated Air Force Network Operating Instructions ([[AFNOI]]s). Often, these notices serve to direct Air Force computer administrators to install security updates or change the configuration of computer systems.<ref name=upaf>{{cite web |url=http://www.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI33-115V3.pdf |title=Air Force Instruction 33-115, Volume 3: Air Force Network Operating Instructions |publisher=Air Force Departmental Publishing Office |date=15 April 2004 |access-date=11 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020095438/https://www.af.mil/shared/media/epubs/AFI33-115V3.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Flight planning]] applications for [[electronic flight bag]] can help decipher and better organize NOTAMs.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/blogs/ainsight-notams-are-wall-text-and-bunch-garbage |title= AINsight: Notams Are Wall of Text and Bunch of Garbage |author= Stuart “Kipp” Lau |date= October 26, 2018 |work= AIN online}}</ref>