Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA)
Aeronautical Information Management
(AIM)
Pilot’s Bill of Rights (PBoR)
Notices To Airmen (NOTAM)
Improvement Program (NIP)
via
Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
Presented to: NOTAM Industry portion of Air
Transportation Information Exchange
Conference (ATIEC)
By:
Glenn Sigley, Manager AIM Systems Group, FAA
Date:
August 29, 2013
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TALKING POINTS
• Pilot’s Bill of Rights
• The NOTAM Problem
• Federal NOTAM System (FNS) Overview & Accomplishments to Date:
• AIM Modernization Segment 1 ~ In-Service Decision 03.27.13
• Impact to the National Airspace System (NAS)
• Capabilities in Development
• FAA Notional Way Forward
FNS Digital NOTAMS -- The Level Setting to Pilot’s Bill of Rights
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The Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
Pilot’s Bill of Rights
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Pilot’s Bill of Rights
Section 1
• Instructions to call this the “Pilot’s Bill of Rights”
Section 2
• Deals with Legal aspects of approval, denial, amendment, modification,
suspension, or revocation of an individual’s certificate
• Framework for providing notice to the person subject to investigation
Section 3 (In detail on following slide)
• Section dealing with NOTAMs ~ the FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO)
body of work
• Title 14 CFR Section 91.103 lays the framework for operators
Section 4
• Deals primarily with Medical Certificates for airmen
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Pilot’s Bill of Rights – Notices To Airmen
Section 3 – Notices To Airmen (NOTAM)
•NOTAM Improvement Program (NIP)
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RELEVANT to ROUTE of FLIGHT: “Improve the system providing airmen
pertinent and timely information”
SEARCHABLE: “NOTAM Archive – public, central location”
FILTERABLE: “Filters for pilots to prioritize critical flight safety info”
•Program Goals
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Decrease overwhelming volume of NOTAMs for flight planning
Make NOTAMs specific / relevant to route and in a user friendly format
Provide full set of NOTAM results in addition to specific info requested
Provide a document that is easily searchable
Provide filtering mechanism similar to that used by DoD
•Timeframes
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Begin NOTAM Improvement Program within 180 days of legislation
Phase in improvements within 1 year
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The Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
The NOTAM Problem
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Why are we here?
For every flight, pilots sort through pages of
NOTAMs, all in effort to find the essential notices
that are relevant to their flight.
!MIV 08/031 N40 AD NO HELO AIR TAXI OR HOVER TAXI TO/FROM
FUEL PUMP
!AVP 03/026 AVP AD ALL SURFACES WORK IN PROGRESS SNOW
REMOVAL WEF
1303182059-1303192100
!SMQ 02/007 SMQ AD WDI NOT AVBL WEF 1302211330
!EWR 01/109 EWR AD HELIPAD TWY S HELIPAD DCMSND WEF
1301110400
!IPT 03/076 N57 RWY 6/24 RWY LGTS OTS WEF 1303161747
!ISP 11/057 JRB AD OPEN 1200-2359 DLY
!BDL 02/274 BDL AD WINDCONE RWY 33 UNAVBL WEF 13022703351303312359
!SMQ 09/002 SMQ RWY 12 REIL OTS
!MIV 11/046 47N RWY 25 PAPI OTS WEF 1211052221
!EWR 10/095 EWR RWY 29 PAPI UNUSBL 5 DEG L OF CRS
!EWR 03/083 EWR RWY 11/29 CENTERLINE MARKINGS OBSC WEF
1303120150-1304300400
!HEF 02/015 HEF OBST TOWER 383 (76 AGL) 1.7 WNW LGTS OTS
(ASR 1270816) WEF 1302280640-1303150640
!HEF 01/020 HEF AIRSPACE TFR SEE FDC 1/1155 0/8326 ZDC 99.7
!HEF 01/009 HEF TWY B AT RWY 34R NOW TWY B4 WEF 1301081953
!HEF 01/010 HEF TWY B EXTENDED 500 S WEF 1301081950
!MIV 08/096 7N7 RWY 25 PAPI OTS
!DCA 02/078 W96 RWY 10/28 LGTS PCL CMSND KEY 122.8 7
TIMES HIGH/5
TIMES MED/3 TIMES LOW INTST
!DCA 08/120 W96 RWY 10/28 WORK IN PROGRESS CONRUCTION
NORTH SIDE
!ORF 03/020 ORF RWY 5 PAPI OTS
!DCA 01/417 3W3 RWY 10/28 CLSD TSNT
!DCA 11/264 58M RWY 31 REIL RIGHT SIDE OTS
!DCA 11/266 58M RWY 13/31 DEER/MIGRATORY BIRDS ON/INVOF
!MIV 03/052 EVY RWY 11/29 CLSD NGT
!LOM 03/002 LOM RWY 6 REIL OTS
!ISP 03/013 6N7 OBST TOWER 323 (303 AGL) 2.7 ESE LGTS
OTS (ASR1010067) WEF 1303061534-1303211534
!MIV 03/055 2N7 OBST TOWER 262 (210 AGL) 5.4 NE LGTS
OTS (ASR
!MIV 10/067 N40 RWY 7 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 4 DEGREES RIGHT
CNTRLN WEF 1210162006
!EWR 03/035 EWR RWY 4R/22L CL MARKINGS OBSC WEF
1303060058-1305010500
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Richmond, VA to Teterboro, NJ
Briefing provided by DUATS
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Standard Weather Briefing
422 NOTAMs Provided
29 Pages of NOTAM Information
!DCA 02/078 W96 RWY 10/28 LGTS PCL CMSND KEY 122.8 7 TIMES
HIGH/5 TIMES MED/3 TIMES LOW INTST
!DCA 08/120 W96 RWY 10/28 WORK IN PROGRESS CONRUCTION NORTH
SIDE
!ORF 03/020 ORF RWY 5 PAPI OTS
!DCA 01/417 3W3 RWY 10/28 CLSD TSNT
!DCA 11/264 58M RWY 31 REIL RIGHT SIDE OTS
!DCA 11/266 58M RWY 13/31 DEER/MIGRATORY BIRDS ON/INVOF
!MIV 03/052 EVY RWY 11/29 CLSD NGT
!IPT 03/076 N57 RWY 6/24 RWY LGTS OTS WEF 1303161747
!MIV 08/096 7N7 RWY 25 PAPI OTS
!MIV 06/046 7N7 RWY 7 REIL OTS
!LOM 03/002 LOM RWY 6 REIL OTS
!MIV 08/072 N85 RWY 26 PAPI UNUSBL 2 DEGREES LEFT OF
CENTERLINE
!MIV 10/067 N40 RWY 7 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 4 DEGREES RIGHT CNTRLN
WEF
1210162006
!AVP 02/073 AVP RWY 4 ALS OTS WEF 1302211902
!AVP 02/077 AVP RWY 10/28 CLSD EXC TAXI BTN RWY 4/22 AND TWY
B WEF
1302221751-1304252100
!SMQ 09/002 SMQ RWY 12 REIL OTS
!MIV 11/046 47N RWY 25 PAPI OTS WEF 1211052221
!EWR 10/095 EWR RWY 29 PAPI UNUSBL 5 DEG L OF CRS
!EWR 03/035 EWR RWY 4R/22L CL MARKINGS OBSC WEF 13030600581305010500
!JFK 11/055 JFK RWY 22L SFL OTS WEF 1211071913
!TEB 03/009 TEB OBST TOWER 413 (410 AGL) 3.5 SW LGTS
OTS (ASR
1042783) TIL 1303191232
!TEB 03/128 TEB OBST TOWER 311 (306 AGL) 3.8 SW LGTS
OTS (ASR
1045376) TIL 1303311727
!TEB 03/074 TEB OBST TOWER 413 (410 AGL) 3.5 SW LGTS
OTS (ASR
1042784) TIL 1303250323
!TEB 03/130 TEB OBST TOWER 446 (440 AGL) 1.6 SSW
LGTS OTS (ASR
1052553) TIL 1304010014
!ISP 03/013 6N7 OBST TOWER 323 (303 AGL) 2.7 ESE
LGTS OTS (ASR
1010067) WEF 1303061534-1303211534
!MIV 03/055 2N7 OBST TOWER 262 (210 AGL) 5.4 NE LGTS
OTS (ASR
1215548) TIL 1303290023
!MIV 08/129 2N7 OBST STACK 223 (213 AGL) 0.65 SSE
(4050N07402W) LGTS
OTS
!LGA 10/042 LGA OBST STACK UNKN (300 AGL) 1.75 NW
(4047N7354W) LGTS
OTS
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Breakdown of all NOTAMs Provided
29 Pages - 422 NOTAMs
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The Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
FNS Overview & Accomplishments to Date
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FNS Concept of Operations (CONOPS)
Collection
Distribution
Management
Web
Web
Webservice
Originate NOTAMs at the
Source
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Digitally capture temporary
hazard information
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Online or System-to-System
Webservice
Distribute NOTAMs to the
Users
Standardize & Harmonize
- Apply Business Rules
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- Validate/Standardize Data
- Translate/Transform
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Digitally Direct to FAA
customers
Online or System-to-System
- Publish/Archive
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FNS - NOTAM Origination 101
NOTAM Manager
Collection
•Management- Digital NOTAMs •Distribution
- Direct NOTAM Submission
Web
•Web
eNOTAM II
Webservice
Originate NOTAMs at the
Source
- Digitally Capture Temporary
Hazard Information
•Web- Analog NOTAMS
service
- Flight Service Approval
•Integrate Permanent and
•Distribute NOTAMs to
Temporary Information
the Users
NOTAM Origination Service
•Apply Business Rules,
•Electronic Distribution to
- Digital NOTAMs
Validate Data,
FAA customers,
- Direct System-to-System
interface
Translate, and Publish
Computer
Readable
Legacy Origination = 15 min. average | Digital Origination = 5 seconds
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AIM Modernization Segment 1
• Deputy Chief Operating Officer signed In-Service Decision (ISD) 03/27/13
– Now base-lined in the NAS
• Direct digital NOTAM entry capability delivered to
– 100+ airports in the NAS & 3 Tower Light Operators
– 3 FAA Technical Operations Control Centers (OCCs)
• FAA Flight Services (FS) now originating NOTAMs via FNS
– FNS transformation engine IDs qualified FS analog, legacy NOTAMs &
stores them digitally for dissemination
– Enabled 60% of all NOTAMs originated to be truly digital
60% SO WHAT?!
So, that means that 60% of
NOTAMS are now: Sortable &
Filterable via tailorable criteria
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FNS Right Now – Impact to NAS
AIM Modernization Segment 1- March 27, 2013
 Origination Services: NOTAM Manager; eNOTAM II; NOTAM Origination Service
 Distribution Services: NOTAM Search; NOTAM Distribution Service (Beta)
 Management Services: FNS Administrator; Transformation Engine; NM
Airport Self-Certification; FNS Dashboard
System Deployments & Active Users – as of 8/8/2013
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NM FY14
GOAL = 250
AIRPORTS
NOTAM Manager (NM): 149 Airports – 1,600+ users
NOTAM Manager -Tech Ops: FAA Operations Control Centers – 200+ users
eNOTAM II: Flight Services & non-NM airports – 600+ FSS users, 3,300+ submitters
NOTAM Origination Services: 4 Tower Light Operators
NOTAM Search: Publically available
NM Self Cert: 15 Airports deployed; 30 pending
Baseline Data Editor (BDE): Deployed May 23; rapidly reducing
baseline data backlog
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Digital NOTAM Volume Status
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The Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
Capabilities in Development
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FNS - NOTAM Distribution 101
NOTAM Search
Distribution
- Graphical NOTAM Display
- Contextual Information (links)
Web
NOTAM Search ATC
- Search Preferences
- Assured Delivery
Webservice
FNS NOTAM Distribution Service
- Direct System-to-System Interface
- Enables Graphical Display
Distribute NOTAMs to
the Users
- Electronically Direct to
FAA customers
- Computer Readable
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NOTAM Search
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Public NOTAM Search Site: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/
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Provides the ability to:
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Search (location, accountability, geography, free text)
Sort (location, NOTAM #, class, date, NOTAM condition, advanced)
Find / Filter (NOTAM #, condition)
View NOTAM Details (domestic, ICAO, plain language)
Export (in excel format)
Links to additional airport information (National Flight Data Center, NFDC,
diagrams, Terminal Procedures, construction notices)
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NOTAM Distribution Service: FNS-NDS
• Data feed that uses Open Geospatial
Consortium (OGC) standards
– Graphical representation web-service
• Standards: AIXM 5.1 format
• ALL or Some: Provides the user with
the ability to query and select types of
data
• External Market: Enables third party
application development
• Standards support the information
management necessary for fusing data
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NOTAM Search Air Traffic Control (NSATC)
Distribute NOTAMs to Terminal ATC Facilities
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Prototype web application for
NOTAM Distribution to Terminal
ATC Facilities
System assures delivery of NOTAM
Notification Alarm (ATC Notifier)
– Audibly and visually alerts user of
new NOTAMs
– NOTAMs must meet user- defined
criteria
– Brings attention to unopened new
NOTAMs and NOTAMs that will
become effective in < 4 hours
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NOTAMs can be filtered based on
preferences
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The Federal NOTAM System (FNS)
FAA Notional Way Forward & TOC Feedback
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FAA Notional ~ Bridge to Pilot’s Bill of Rights
FAA Enhancements
Meet Pilot’s Bill of Rights
Distribution Services
NOTAM Search (Pilot Portal)
Pilot Filters to “prioritize flight safety information”
NOTAM Distribution Service
Digital NOTAMs Direct to Consumer
Management System
NOTAM Archiving
“Public Central Archive”
Origination Services
All Stakeholder Deployment
“Providing airmen with pertinent and timely information”
International Standards
“Document easily searchable”
System Integration
Pilot Portal (Websites Consolidation)
“Full set of NOTAM results”
AISR, CARF, SAA, TFR Integration
“NOTAMs more specific and relevant to airman’s route”
USNS Replacement
“timely information”
Aeronautical Information Reconciliation
Information Quality – accurate, timely, reliable
– ‘Fit for Use’
“Decrease overwhelming volume of NOTAMs”
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Scoping the “RELEVANCE” Piece
• FNS NM enables digital NOTAM originators to sort & filter:
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Airport Originators:
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Aerodrome, Runway, Apron, Taxiway, & Obstructions
Technical Operations Originators:
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Aerodrome, Runway, Communications, Lighted Aids, Navaids, Radar, Weather
• These categories define what originators consider relevant
• Challenge exists in knowing what commercial, military, General Aviation
(GA), & other pilots ALL consider relevant…from a receiving view point.
• We can distribute NOTAMS with various categorical keywords: Dates,
Geography, International, Military, & Procedures…..but we need to know what
pilots’ prioritized list is:
PBoR NIP Panel key to
• What format benefits you (pilots) most?
helping identify relevance
RELEVANCE – It’s not a technical gap…It’s a scoping issue
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Thank you
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