JO 7930.2P - Notices to Airmen (NOTAM)

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by  Air Traffic Procedures

ORDER
JO 7930.2P
Air Traffic Organization Policy

Effective Date:

April 3, 2014

SUBJ: Notices to Airmen (NOTAM)

This order prescribes air traffic control procedures and phraseology for use by personnel providing
air traffic control services. Controllers are required to be familiar with the provisions of this order that
pertain to their operational responsibilities and to exercise their best judgment if they encounter
situations not covered by this order.

Distribution: ZAT-721, ZAT-464 Initiated By: AJV-0
Vice President, Mission Support Services

CHANGE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JO 7930.2P
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CHG 2
Air Traffic Organization Policy
Effective Date:
March 5, 2015
SUBJ: Notices to Airmen
1. Purpose of This Change. This change transmits revised pages to Federal Aviation
Administration Order JO 7930.2P, Notices to Airmen, and the Briefing Guide.
2. Audience. This change applies to selected offices in Washington headquarters, service
center offices, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center, and air traffic field offices and facilities.
3. Where Can I Find This Change? This change is available on the FAA Web site at
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publication and https://employees.faa.gov/tools_resources/orders_
notices/.
4. Explanation of Policy Change. See the Explanation of Changes attachment which has
editorial corrections and changes submitted through normal procedures. The Briefing Guide lists
only new or modified material, along with background and operational impact statements.
5. Distribution. This change is distributed to selected offices in Washington headquarters,
service center offices, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center, and air traffic field offices and facilities.
6. Disposition of Transmittal. Retain this transmittal until superseded by a new basic order.
7. Page Control Chart. See the page control chart attachment.

Distribution: ZAT-793; ZAT-464; Initiated By: AJV-0
ZAT-423 (External) Vice President, Mission Support Services

3/5/15 JO 7930.2P CHG 2
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Notices to Airmen
(NOTAM)
Explanation of Changes
Change 2
a. 1-4-6. DEFINITIONS k. 5-5-2. CHANGES TO PUBLISHED
SERVICES
This change adds definitions for taxi lanes, the United
States NOTAM System (USNS), and Virgule. This change adds Automatic Flight Information
Service to Published Services and provides
b. 3-3-4. USE OF VIRGULE (/)
examples. This change also adds another example to
This change defines the use of virgule. ATIS.
c. 5-1-4. REPORTING FIELD CONDITIONS l. 5-5-4. WEATHER AND WEATHER
REPORTING EQUIPMENT
This change adds two more friction measuring
devices in table 5-1-5. A weather reporting system is added to the NOTAM
d. 5-2-2. TOWER LIGHT OUTAGES handbook; this system reports wind warnings at
Juneau (JNU), Alaska and provides turbulence alerts.
This change adds a Note about antenna structure

registration (ASR) usage and makes a minor
m. 6-1-4. AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS
correction to two examples.
Alternate descriptions for aircraft operations such as
e. 5-2-3. OBSTRUCTIONS
air shows are now optional and used to provide clarity
This change adds clarity for wind turbine farms and to the aeronautical information being NOTAMed.
the use of Antenna Structure Numbers (ASN). n. 6-1-7. UNMANNED ROCKETS,
f. 5-2-4. MOORED BALLOONS AND KITES UNMANNED FREE BALLOONS, HOT AIR
BALLOONS, AND HIGH ALT BALLOONS
This change meets ICAO standards and makes a
minor correction to an example of plain language for This change corrects the reference to include
issuing NOTAMs for Moored Balloons and Kites. VOR/DME or VORTAC instead of the duplicate
g. 5-3-7. NAVAID CONDITIONS public-use airport.
o. 6-1-8. OTHER AIRSPACE ACTIVITIES
This change modifies the example for equipment that
is out of service and the explanation for the “Out of This change corrects the reference to include
Service (OTS)” condition is deleted. Satellite Based VOR/DME or VORTAC instead of the duplicate
Systems are removed from this section and are now public-use airport.
under 5-3-8. p. 7-1-4. INTERIM IFR FLIGHT
h. 5-3-8. SATELLITE BASED SYSTEMS PROCEDURES
This change introduces a new paragraph title and Because of technology changes to the NOTAM
standardizes the example. System, NOTAMs for Interim Flight Procedures
using the Federal NOTAM System (FNS) go directly
i. 5-3-9. HOURS OF OPERATION
into the United States NOTAM System (USNS) for
This change renumbers the “Hours of Operation” distribution.
paragraph. Also, a small correction is made to the
q. 7-1-5. TEMPORARY FLIGHT
example.
RESTRICTIONS
j. 5-4-3. COMMUNICATION OUTLET
Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) information
CONDITIONS
provided in JO 7930.2P does not completely meet the
This change adds Remote Communication Outlet operational needs of TFR NOTAMS. This DCP
(RCO) policy that is already established and in use by updates and clarifies the sequence of information
NAS users. required to successfully create, submit, and publish
Explanation of Changes E of C−1
JO 7930.2P CHG 2 3/5/15
TFR NOTAMS to the NAS. It updates examples and s. Entire Publication
adds a note to 7-1-5.a.
r. Appendix D. ICAO Difference for the
Additional editorial/format changes are made where
United States
necessary. In some instances, revision bars were not
This change adds words that we use frequently in a used because of the insignificant nature of these
domestic NOTAM. changes.
E of Chg−2 Explanation of Changes
CHANGE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JO 7930.2P
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION CHG 1
Air Traffic Organization Policy
Effective Date:
July 24, 2014
SUBJ: Notices to Airmen
1. Purpose of This Change. This change transmits revised pages to Federal Aviation
Administration Order JO 7930.2P, Notices to Airmen, and the Briefing Guide.
2. Audience. This change applies to selected offices in Washington headquarters, service
center offices, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center, and air traffic field offices and facilities.
3. Where Can I Find This Change? This change is available on the FAA Web site at
http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publication and https://employees.faa.gov/tools_resources/orders_
notices/.
4. Explanation of Policy Change. See the Explanation of Changes attachment which has
editorial corrections and changes submitted through normal procedures. The Briefing Guide lists
only new or modified material, along with background and operational impact statements.
5. Distribution. This change is distributed to selected offices in Washington headquarters,
service center offices, the William J. Hughes Technical Center, the Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center, and air traffic field offices and facilities.
6. Disposition of Transmittal. Retain this transmittal until superseded by a new basic order.
7. Page Control Chart. See the page control chart attachment.

Distribution: ZAT-793; ZAT-464; Initiated By: AJV-0
ZAT-423 (External) Vice President, Mission Support Services