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## FDC NOTAMs 

FDC NOTAMs are issued by the National Flight Data Center and contain information that is regulatory in nature pertaining to flight including, but not limited to, changes to charts, procedures, and airspace usage. FDC NOTAMs refer to information that is regulatory in nature and includes the following: 

• Interim IFR flight procedures: 

1. Airway structure changes 

2. Instrument approach procedure changes (excludes Departure Procedures (DPs) and Standard Terminal Arrivals (STARs) 

3. Airspace changes in general 

4. Special instrument approach procedure changes 

• Temporary flight restrictions (discussed in Chapter 15): 

1. Disaster areas 

2. Special events generating a high degree of interest 

3. Hijacking 

• Flight restrictions in the proximity of the President and other parties 

• 14 CFR part 139 certificated airport condition changes 

• Snow conditions affecting glide slope operation 

• Air defense emergencies 

• Emergency flight rules 

• Substitute airway routes 

• Special data 

• U.S. Government charting corrections 

• Laser activity 

## NOTAM Composition 

NOTAMs contain the elements below from left to right in the following order: 

• An exclamation point (!) 

• Accountability Location (the identifier of the accountability location) 

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