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Decoding NOTAMs

A NOTAM warns of something that affects a flight. Its fields and abbreviations follow a fixed pattern.

Structure

Fields A) aerodrome, B) start, C) end and E) the plain-language text.

The Q-code

A coded summary of the subject and condition (ICAO Doc 8126).

Decode

Use the NOTAM decoder to expand the abbreviations.

Regulations cited

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