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NOTAM explainer

Paste an ICAO-format NOTAM. The explainer separates the items, converts the validity to readable UTC and expands standard abbreviations. Text it cannot resolve is shown as written.

NOTAM
Explained
All items read
NOTAMA1234/2026 · NOTAMN
FIROBBB
Q-codeQMRLC — Aerodrome maneuvering area; Closed
Traffic / purpose / scopeIFR and VFR · NBO · Aerodrome
Q-line levelsFL000 – FL999
Area2616N05038E · radius 5 NM
A) LocationOBBI
B) From2026-10-10 00:00 UTC
C) Until2026-10-20 06:00 UTC (estimated)
D) ScheduleDAILY 0000-0600
E) TextRWY (runway) 12R/30L CLSD (closed) DUE TO MAINT (maintenance).
F) Lower limitSurface
G) Upper limitUnlimited
Limitations
  • Reads the ICAO NOTAM format (Q and A–G items). Domestic formats such as US FAA domestic NOTAMs may only partly decode.
  • Only a verified subset of Q-codes and abbreviations is expanded; others are shown unchanged.
  • This is an explanation aid, not an operational validation. Always brief from the official NOTAM source.

NOTAM structure

An ICAO NOTAM carries a series and number, a type (NOTAMN new, NOTAMR replace, NOTAMC cancel), a Q-line with FIR, subject/condition code, traffic, purpose, scope and levels, then items A (location), B and C (validity, UTC as YYMMDDhhmm), D (schedule), E (plain text) and F/G (lower and upper limits).