By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration U.S. Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Modernization Update on digital Federal NOTAM System Brett Brunk

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Date:

Federal AviationAdministrationU.S. Aeronautical

Information Management (AIM) Modernization

Update on digital Federal NOTAM System

Brett Brunk

Aeronautical Information Management group

December 2008

2Federal AviationAdministration

US AIM Modernization – Federal NOTAM System

December 2008 – xNOTAM workshop

Purpose

• To share our experience as the United States modernizes Aeronautical Information Management and delivers a digital Federal NOTAM System (FNS)– Goals– Challenges– Concept of Operation– Progress towards digital Federal NOTAM System




• High operating costs– Convoluted and stove-piped system architecture – “Accidental

Architecture”• Many point-to-point system interfaces

– Hardware and software at or beyond End of Service Life (EOSL)

• Services do not meet customer needs– Demand for digital information (Digital, Graphical NOTAM)– Plain language– Improve quality of service– Ensure service delivery to customers– Foundation for advanced flight planning and trajectory analysis– Not compliant with ICAO

Shortfalls addressed




NOTAM entry pathways today

AirportMilitary

Forest ServiceSecurityFacilities

Procedures

Text EntryFax

Digital EntryPhone

System Interface ManualValidation

Distribution of NOTAM is equally complicatedtoday!

PublishNOTAMDatabases




New Concept of OperationsFederal NOTAM System

AIM

DATALINK

Originator

Validate and Publish by FAA

Integrated permanent and temporary information

Computer readableElectronic distribution to customers

Originate NOTAMs at the Source

Digital Capture (AIXM via templates)

Web

Web service (AIXM)Federal NOTAM System

Web PageService (AIXM)Legacy Formats




Expected Benefits

• Decrease in incidents where NOTAMs are a contributing factor

• Decrease data collection and interpretation costs– Approximately $2M annually for major US carriers

• Decrease system operations costs– Approximately $4M annually for US government

• Timely, accurate and complete aeronautical information benefits flight operations– Improvements for controllers and pilot situational awareness




Benefits for customersProvide new digital capabilities while maintaining legacy support

Federal NOTAM System

Format

Benefit

End Date

Traditional (Legacy)RWY 4/22 CLSD EXC TAXI

FasterStandardized Terms

Approx. 2015

ICAOQMRLC… A) B) C) D) E) F)

Some filtering

Following ICAO SARPS

Digital (AIXM)<RUNWAY>…</RUNWAY>

GraphicalData fusionAdvanced filteringComputer readable




Federal NOTAM System2008/2009 operational demonstration

• Digital Entry– AIXM Event Specifications– SNOW, Runways and Obstacles

• Web site concepts– Airport NOTAM summary– NOTAM queries

• Concept validation– Technology, Policy, Safety and

Outreach• Field studies• Limited deployment

demonstrations

2008 2010 2012 2014+

Federal NOTAM System(FNS 1)

FNS 2

Digital NOTAM Entry

US NOTAM System Database of Record

NOTAM Query and NOTAM Summary

Legacy UsersDigital Consumers

Tower Operators and Airports

System and Web Interfaces




Demonstrations

Airport NOTAM Display

NOTAM Web Entry

System to System




Digital NOTAM Capture Demo




System to System NOTAM Entry

• “Lights out” NOTAM Capture (42% of all NOTAMs, 75% of D NOTAMs)• NavAid Capture• Procedures Capture• Airports Capture

– Electronic System Interface Capture for large airports (SWIM compliant web services)– Web Capture as backup and other airports

“Lights Out” Entry Sample Airport Entry




Field Summary Demonotams.aim.faa.gov




Summary of Demonstration

• NOTAM Entry– Web page and system interface– Airport operators – Runway NOTAMS and SNOW NOTAMs– Tower operators – Tower lights out NOTAMs– 2008/2009 demonstration– For test access please email [email protected]

• NOTAM Query and Summary pages– Web pages for distribution– Demonstrations available at http://notams.aim.faa.gov




Thank you

• Information on AIM modernization– Nfdc.faa.gov/aimnews

• Contacts– Brett Brunk

• AIM Architecture and Planning• [email protected]

– Barry C Davis• Manager of AIM• [email protected]

Documents

By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration U.S. Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) Modernization Update on digital Federal NOTAM System Brett Brunk