NFR, I follwed your suggestion which leads to more questions???
RWY 11/29 OUTER THR OMNI-DIRECTIONAL LGT OT AVBL
CIRCLING APCH NOT AVBL TO CIVIL OPS HN
FROM 02 220434 TO 02 250600
ATC TWR SIGNAL LAMP NOT AVBL
PILOTS EXPERIENCING RDO DIFFICULTY ARE ADVISED
TO MAINTAIN VIGILANT MNT OF ALL FREQ AND NAVAIDS
FOR LDG CLEARANCES
FROM 02 210025 TO 02 250600
Now I don't have AIP or ERSA but quote from Jeps EMERGENCY AU-4 para 3.2.6 Actions at Minima Under "Radio Failures"
If visual at circling minima, circle to land.
It goes on to say that if we have a green light we can carry out a runway approach etc etc in other words we cannot we must circle but not allowed to according to the NOTAM???
What does this mean if we have a failure HN???
Further I don't know what this light is and I did not know we required it to carry out a circling approach, I suspect it is not a requirement at all, is it a military thing?
Does this NOTAM have final authority regarding circling approaches??
Throw in a couple more NOTAMs
DARWIN ATC/TOWER MET INSTRUMENTS UNREL
INSTANT WIND REQ MAY NOT BE AVBL AND PROLONGED OUTAGES DURING TS
LIKELY.
ATIS AVBL (UPDATED WITH INFO FROM MET)
FROM 01 060517 TO 03 050300 EST
DUE TO TECHNICAL STAFF SHORTAGES AT DARWIN DLA MAY BE EXP WITH
THE RECTIFICATION OF ANY ATS SYSTEM FAILURE. ATS SECONDARY SYSTEMS
ARE SVCBL HOWEVER ACFT OPR SHOULD CONSIDER READINESS TO REVERT TO
ENROUTE SUPPLEMENTARY AUSTRALIA PROCEDURES 1-7 TO 1-9, 1-11 AND 1-13
USING PRIMARY FREQ OF 134.1 AND SECONDARY 133.1
FROM 01 272157 TO 02 280200 EST
A large percentage of pilots use Jeps these days, I wonder whether it would be more useful to state the section by name rather thatn 1-7 to 1-9 etc I have no idea what those sections are nor do I have reference to them.
Not really acceptable is it.
Possibly no wind info, possible operating with hand held radios in the tower, no lights if we have a radio failure and even then we can't continue straight in according to jeps and can't circle according to the NOTAM .
What goes on at .
RAPAC these days??? Nothing one would assume.