Integrating information towards Digital ATM Notices To Airmen Presented By: Lynette M. Jamison Date:August 29, 2013
Proposed Agenda NOTAM updates – Organizational changes – Policy Updates New NOTAM originators – Take off and Landing Performance Assessment – Questions/Comments
Organizational Changes Last fall, NOTAM Policy moved from Aeronautical Information Management – under Mission Support Services to Flight Services Program Operations – under System Operations Services. The US NOTAM system remains under AIM.
Policy Status - Highlights JO N, Notices to Airmen, implementation date is delayed until October 1, 2013 All NOTAMs have an effective/expiration time – Estimated (EST), permanent (PERM) or auto-expire Field Condition (FICON) NOTAMs – Conditions Not Monitored – Observed At
NOTAM Originators Fall 2012 – E NOTAM 2 (ENII) (Lockheed Martin Flight Services) – Technical Operations – Operations Control Centers – Tower Light Operators Soon to be added – Aeronautical Navigation Products Office – Technical Operations – System Operations Center – Center for Altitude Reservation Function
Future NOTAM Policy Develop a Quality Assurance program – Standardization, consistency Landing Performance Assessment
Take off and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA)
TALPA History Take off and Landing Performance Assessment Overrun at KMDW – December 8, 2005 FAA formed Aviation Rulemaking Committee – Improve information exchange Recommendations Provided to FAA in 2009 – Require manufacturers to provide landing distance data for contaminated runway conditions – Require operators, before landing, to conduct a landing performance assessment for the actual landing conditions
Revised Matrix - based on recommendations after both validation periods
Change in NOTAM Format M Version of Report !GRR GRR RWY 18/36 PATCHY THN LSR WEF N Version of Report !GRR GRR RWY 18/36 FICON PATCHY ¼ INCH DRY SNOW OBSERVED AT EST. Proposed TALPA Version of Report !GRR GRR RWY 18 FICON 4/3/3 25% ¼INCH DRY SNOW OBSERVED AT EST.
Tentative Schedule Introduce TALPA contaminant terms and measurements – August 2013 Guidance ready – August 2015 Full implementation – August 2016
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