Section 3. Use of Terms
3-3-1. USE OF
CONTRACTIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
a. Contractions
and abbreviations outlined in FAAO JO 7340.2, Contractions, must be used in
the NOTAM system. If there are no contractions/abbreviations, use plain
text. Words of five letters or less may be contracted or spelled out (for
example), either WTR or WATER is acceptable; for indicating hyphenated and
abbreviated days of the week, MON-FRI is acceptable.
b. The
Pilot/Controller Glossary must be used to define terms in the NOTAM system.
c. Location
identifiers used in the NOTAM system are those contained in FAAO JO 7350.8,
Location Identifiers.
d. The term
“WKEND” means Saturday and Sunday. The term “WKDAYS” means Monday through
Friday.
e. Contractions
and abbreviations published on instrument flight procedure charts may be
used in the text of FDC NOTAMs relating to approach and departure
procedures.
3-3-2. EXPRESSION OF
TIME IN THE NOTAM SYSTEM
a. The day
begins at 0000 and ends at 2359.
EXAMPLES-
!DCA LDN NAV VOR OTS WEF
0708051600-0708052359
!DCA LDN NAV VOR OTS WEF
0709050000-0709050400
b. Times used
in the NOTAM system are UTC and must be stated in 10 digits (year, month,
day, hour, and minute).
c. Do not use
sunrise (SR) or sunset (SS) in NOTAM data as these NOTAMs will not be
retrieved or displayed when using time parameters in certain present and
future automated systems. If the source of the data continues to use SR/SS,
advise the source that the time from the SS-SR table will be used. For
extended periods of time, use the times from the table and extend it to the
next whole hour.
3-3-3. RUNWAY
IDENTIFICATION
Identify runways with
the prefix RWY followed by the magnetic bearing indicator, e.g., RWY 12/30,
RWY 12, or RWY 30. Where the magnetic bearing indicator has not been
established, identify the runway to the nearest eight points of the compass,
e.g., RWY NE/SW, RWY N/S N 200 CLSD.
3-3-4. TAXIWAY
IDENTIFICATION
Identify taxiways with
the prefix TWY followed by the taxiway identifier letter or letter/number as
assigned. For multiple taxiways, preface the initial taxiway identifier with
TWY, and separate additional taxiway identifiers by commas, hyphen (meaning
thru),or specify “all.” If not identified, describe as adjacent to a runway
or direction from the runway.
EXAMPLES-
!DCA DCA TWY C, B3 CLSD
!DCA SHD TWY PARL TWY ADJ RWY 9/27 CLSD
!DCA DCA TWY A-D, F, H CLSD
!DCA SHD TWY ALL LGTS OTS
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