UK Notam Question

[hargreaves99]

I have used SkyDemon and https://notaminfo.com/ukmap to get NOTAMS for a few years..I thought I would try to go back to the official NATS website to get NOTAMS.

The NATS website STILL seems to only list NOTAMs in raw text format

Does anyone know if there is anyway to get the NATS site to plot them on a map?

I know we are all supposed to know lat and long, but do NATs/CAA seriously expect us to plot these restrictions on a chart? It seems rather cumbersome/time consuming these days, and surely this will put people off doing this?

[helicrazi]

Originally Posted by hargreaves99

I have used SkyDemon and https://notaminfo.com/ukmap to get NOTAMS for a few years..I thought I would try to go back to the official NATS website to get NOTAMS.

The NATS website STILL seems to only list NOTAMs in raw text format

Does anyone know if there is anyway to get the NATS site to plot them on a map?

I know we are all supposed to know lat and long, but do NATs/CAA seriously expect us to plot these restrictions on a chart? It seems rather cumbersome/time consuming these days, and surely this will put people off doing this?

Yes, there is a map option, no idea how to show you on pprune though. Ive tried to attach below:

[SASless]

A comparison.....

I went to the US FAA Notam Service....entered the identifier for Aberdeen and immediately received a response....and after a couple of key clicks wound up with a map and list of what appears to be Notams data.


https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSear....html#/results.

[sycamore]

Try "notaminfo.com/ukmap"......
sorry..should have read it all......!

[hargreaves99]

Ah yes, I see some of the NATS website NOTAM searches offer the "map" option (but not all), although it's rather clunky and of course the login doesn't always work.

I think I will continue with skydemon and notaminfo

thanks all

[Jizkid]

https://www.notaminfo.com/ukmap

[HeliComparator]

The trouble is that Notaminfo, SkyDemon and the like tend to just plot a big circle around the centre of some NOTAMed activity, even if the Notam itself contains multiple Co-ordinates to define the exact shape and size. So really, IMO there is no substitute for reading the actual Notam and, if it’s one of those with multiple Co-ordinates, plotting it out.

[Hughes500]

The other problem with Skydemon / Runway HD there have been times that not all the
notams have been put on !

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The other problem with Skydemon / Runway HD there have been times that not all the
notams have been put on !

Yes, I had that problem a few weeks ago.

[PlasticCabDriver]

Originally Posted by Hughes500

The other problem with Skydemon / Runway HD there have been times that not all the
notams have been put on !

Definitely. There are a couple of airfield notams at Aberdeen that don’t appear.

Originally Posted by HeliComparator

The trouble is that Notaminfo, SkyDemon and the like tend to just plot a big circle around the centre of some NOTAMed activity, even if the Notam itself contains multiple Co-ordinates to define the exact shape and size. So really, IMO there is no substitute for reading the actual Notam and, if it’s one of those with multiple Co-ordinates, plotting it out.

Notaminfo is actually not bad at that. There is a UAV notam near Dundee and a fast jet notam around Lossie that notaminfo plots out, whereas NATS just puts circles. A combination of both works well.