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FAA - NOTAM and SFAR - Summary - 11 December 2023
FAA - NOTAM and SFAR - Summary - 11 December 2023
FAA - NOTAM and SFAR - Summary - 11 December 2023
NOTAMs SFARs
Country Type Expiration Date Country Type Expiration Date
Federal Aviation
Administration
FAA-Issued Overseas NOTAMs/SFARs
Federal Aviation
Administration
FAA-Issued Overseas Advisory NOTAMs
Country Affected Airspace Type of Threat/Concern
Mali Malian territory & airspace at all altitudes Worsening security situation, including ongoing fighting,
A0001/23 extremist/militant activity, an expanding foreign private military
presence, and the introduction of an advanced air defense
system
Persian Gulf & Overwater airspace above Persian Gulf and Continued elevated military posturing & political tensions;
Gulf of Oman Gulf of Oman in the Kuwait FIR (OKAC), Jeddah avoid air routes nearest to Tehran FIR (OIIX) boundary to
A0016/20 FIR (OEJD), Bahrain FIR (OBBB), Emirates FIR reduce risk of miscalculation or misidentification by air
(OMAE), & Muscat FIR (OOMM) defense systems; potential GPS interference and other
comms jamming
Syria - Airspace Airspace within 200 NM of Damascus FIR Activity may include GPS interference, comms jamming, &
Adjacent to OSTT (OSTT) errant long-range SAMs
A0009/18
Federal Aviation
Administration
FAA-Issued Overseas Prohibition NOTAMs
Country Affected Airspace Type of Threat/Concern
Belarus Minsk FIR (UMMV) (entire FIR, all altitudes) Potential safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing
A0003/22 hostilities
Russia Moscow (UUWV), Samara (UWWW), and Safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing hostilities
A0005/22 Rostov-Na Donu (URRV) FIRs within 160NM of
the FIR boundaries with Ukraine
Ukraine Lviv (UKLV), Kyiv (UKBV), Dnipro (UKDV), Safety-of-flight risks associated with ongoing hostilities
A0004/22 Simferopol (UKFV), and Odesa (UKOV) FIRs, as
well as, the Kyiv UIR (UKBU)
Federal Aviation 4
Administration
FAA-Issued Overseas Prohibition SFARs
Country Affected Airspace Type of Threat/Concern
Libya Libyan territory and airspace – surface to Expansion and escalation of conflict for control of the
SFAR 112 unlimited country and foreign-sponsored weapons capabilities.
Instability, ongoing fighting, proliferation of MANPADS and
other weapons, and airport attacks
North Korea Pyongyang (ZKKP) FIR (entire FIR) Military capabilities and activities, including unannounced
SFAR 79 missile launches and air defense weapons systems, &
potential for provocative activity
Iraq Baghdad (ORBB) FIR below FL 320 Enduring military & militia activity; political tension; risk of
SFAR 77 miscalculation/misidentification; potential for Iranian
proliferation of advanced anti-aircraft weapons to proxy
groups; GPS interference; civ-mil de-confliction challenges
Somalia Somali territory & airspace below FL 260 Ongoing extremist/militant activity
SFAR 107
Syria Damascus (OSTT) FIR (entire FIR) Ongoing military ops & extremist/militant activity
SFAR 114
Yemen Specified areas of the Sanaa (OYSC) FIR Ongoing extremist/militant activity
SFAR 115
Iran Tehran (OIIX) FIR (entire FIR) Heightened military activity & increased political tension; risk
SFAR 117 of miscalculation/misidentification
Afghanistan Kabul FIR (OAKX) below FL 320 Violent extremist and militant activity and the lack of
SFAR 119 adequate risk mitigation capabilities to counter such activity
Federal Aviation
Administration