Section 8. Altitude Reservation NOTAMs

  1. CRITERIA

The issuance of an altitude reservation NOTAM, except as provided in subparagraph 4-8-2c, involving the U.S. control area/flight information region (CTA/FIR) must be governed by the following procedures:

  1. Issue an altitude reservation NOTAM for:
  1. All Stationary ALTRVs.

NOTE-

CARF, ARTCC, CERAP, or HCF (whoever is the final approval authority) must issue the NOTAM.

EXAMPLE-

ZNY AIRSPACE DCC ANTARES NG-13 STNR ALT RESERVATION WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 3619N7240W TO 3537N7134W TO 3517N7214W TO 3536N7240W TO POINT OF ORIGIN AND WITHIN AN AREA DEFINED AS 2851N6257W TO 3056N6500W TO 2959N6635W TO 2740N6421W TO POINT OF ORIGIN SFC-UNL 2002142015-2002142215

  1. Selected Moving ALTRVs, whenever a portion of the ALTRV includes air refueling and/or other unusual activity below FL 180, or when the activity covers a broad frontal width.
  1. Describe the area which is in use and the duration of the ALTRV. Reference must not be made to the type of activity within the ALTRV unless the originator has agreed to the publication of this information.

EXAMPLE-

ZNY AIRSPACE DCC ON CORONET EAST 037A LEG 3 MIL ACT ALONG THE ROUTE FM 4200N4000W TO 4200N4330W TO 4200N4500W TO 4200N5000W TO 4200N5300W TO 4200N5500W TO 4200N6000W TO 4125N6500W TO DOVEY TO ACK 15000FT-FL210 2002121354-2002122138

  1. FORMULATION AND DISSEMINATION
  1. The final approval authority, CARF or the appropriate ARTCC/CERAP/HCF, is responsible for the formulation and dissemination of appropriate NOTAMs for those ALTRVs which they have approved in their area of jurisdiction.
  2. Coordination must be effected between adjacent ARTCC/CERAP/HCFs if it will permit consolidation of NOTAM information as prescribed above for the issuance of a joint altitude reservation NOTAM.
  3. Altitude reservation NOTAMs must not be issued under the following conditions:
  1. If the originator of an ALTRV request specifies “Secure Handling” by assigning one of the following classifications to the request:
  1. Confidential.
  2. Secret.
  3. Top Secret.
  1. The mission is a No-Notice mission, except that appropriate altitude reservation NOTAMs may be issued after specific instructions have been received from the originator of the mission.
  2. On portions of an ALTRV which are conducted in accordance with published activities; e.g., Military Training Routes, etc.