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We know that as a pilot or dispatcher, you need to stay on top of the latest situations along your flight route, every day, and at every destination. You need to know if airport conditions have changed, if runways are closed, if weather advisories have been issued, if natural disasters are affecting your route, and so much more. NOTAMs play a key role in helping you stay informed so that you can make wise decisions about your flight. A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) is a notice, filed with aviation authorities, that alerts pilots and dispatchers about potential hazards or changes along a flight route or at a specific airport. In addition, temporary flight restrictions, airspace closures, and navigational data changes that may have an impact on safety of flight are all promulgated via the NOTAM system. Until you have reviewed all the relevant NOTAMs for your flight, you haven’t completed the flight planning process. As many of you have discovered, capturing, managing, and reviewing all the important NOTAMs along complex flight routes can be time-consuming and difficult. In fact, some airports have hundreds of NOTAMs. How can you quickly identify those NOTAMs that most affect you? Skyplan maintains and organizes many types of NOTAMs including: International NOTAMs which are distributed to more than one country and must be specifically requested by the pilot. They are not part of a pilot’s normal briefing. Canadian Domestic NOTAMs in ICAO format. U.S. Domestic NOTAMs are often completed in FAA format instead of IACO. Skyplan provides these in both formats. Flight Data Centre (FDC) NOTAMs are mandatory and must be complied with by all pilots.