Exercises

Hazardous operations

Aegean Sea · HYDROLANT 2597/15

issued: 2015-10-19 07:35Z
status: cancelled 2015-10-27 17:00Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2015-10-27 17:00Z
authority: TURKEY 38/15 021229Z OCT 15.
sea: Aegean Sea
position: 37.932, 26.219
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 09.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0500Z TO 1600Z DAILY
   24 THRU 27 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
   38-05.05N 026-21.95E, 37-59.93N 025-57.97E,
   37-45.43N 025-57.97E, 37-55.00N 026-34.00E,
   37-59.67N 026-29.73E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271700Z OCT 15.

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2015-10-24 05:00Z	2015-10-24 16:00Z	—	11 h
2015-10-25 05:00Z	2015-10-25 16:00Z	—	11 h
2015-10-26 05:00Z	2015-10-26 16:00Z	—	11 h
2015-10-27 05:00Z	2015-10-27 16:00Z	—	11 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

1197 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

Season · when military exercises happen here

month of issue, all years in the archive

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…Exercises · 43 nm

Worldwide now

35 military exercises in force · see all

Exercises

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