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contain information including, but not limited to changes to U.S. Government
flight information publications, hostile airspace advisories, special FAA
regulations, changes to standard operating procedures in U.S. airspace, and any
other general information which might affect flight operations.
8.2.3.2.2. ARTCC FDC NOTAMs. These FDC NOTAMs only apply to aircraft
flying through the associated ARTCC. These NOTAMs are identified by the
three-letter center identifier beginning with a “Z” (ZHU – Houston Center).
ARTCC FDC NOTAMs may include, but are not limited to, changes to published
minimum altitudes and routings, in-flight hazards and advisories, special use
airspace activity and airspace changes/restrictions.
8.2.3.2.3. Airports, Facilities & Procedural FDC NOTAMs. These NOTAMs
cover civilian and some joint-use fields and include, but are not limited to,
changes to local procedures, changes/revisions/amendments to published
instrument approach and departure procedures, and changes/revisions to
minimum altitudes.
8.2.3.2.4. Special Notices. These NOTAMs are FDC NOTAMs that normally
specify special FAA regulations dealing with current events and issues of national
security.
8.2.3.3. Attention Notices. Attention Notices are general notices that apply to
military pilots. They are broken down into the following groups with the associated
abbreviation; All (ATTA), Europe (ATTE), North America (ATTN), Caribbean and
South America (ATTC) and Pacific (ATTP).
8.2.3.4. Civilian “D” (Distant) Series NOTAMs. These NOTAMs are the civilian
equivalent of a Military Flight Safety NOTAM. They contain information about
individual civilian aerodromes: runway closures, NAVAID outages, frequency
changes, runway lighting, etc.
8.2.3.5. Civilian “L” (Local) Series NOTAMs. These NOTAMs are equivalent to a
military airfield advisory. L Series NOTAMs contain information that doesn’t
require wide dissemination and will not prevent the use of an airfield’s runways. The
information may, however, affect the use of other parts of an airfield. These
NOTAMs are found by calling the local Flight Service Station (FSS) governing the
field.
8.2.3.6. Notices to Airman Publication. NTAP is available on the internet via a link
from DINS. If you do not have internet access, ask Base Operations for the hard
copy. This book consists of four parts.
8.2.3.6.1. Part 1 contains FDC NOTAMs and NOTAMs that meet the criteria of
"D" NOTAMs and are expected to remain in effect for an extended period of
time.
8.2.3.6.2. Part 2 contains revisions to Minimum En Route IFR altitudes and
changeover points as well as other information regarding a wide geographic area
or not suited for Part 1.
8.2.3.6.3. Part 3 contains significant international NOTAMs including Foreign