Nav aids

GPS jamming exercises 0830Z to 1700Z daily 25 thru 29 mar in area within 11 miles of 57-21.00N 007-24.00W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 580/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-03-20 13:19Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · WZ 223/24 200500Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-20 06:27Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 57.350, -7.400 with a 11.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Activity windows · 5 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2024-03-25 08:30Z2024-03-25 17:00Z—8 h 30
2024-03-26 08:30Z2024-03-26 17:00Z—8 h 30
2024-03-27 08:30Z2024-03-27 17:00Z—8 h 30
2024-03-28 08:30Z2024-03-28 17:00Z—8 h 30
2024-03-29 08:30Z2024-03-29 17:00Z—8 h 30

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

issued
2024-03-20 06:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-03-29 18:00Z
authority
WZ 223/24 200500Z MAR 24.
issued by
WZ
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
57.350, -7.400 · r 11.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
LITTLE MINCH.
SCOTLAND.
DNC 19.
1. GPS JAMMING EXERCISES 0830Z TO 1700Z
   DAILY 25 THRU 29 MAR IN AREA WITHIN
   11 MILES OF 57-21.00N 007-24.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291800Z MAR 24.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
GNSS / GPS
Satellite positioning — GPS and other systems — and the testing, jamming and interference that make it unreliable in an area.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

1814 within 180 nm since 1998 · 5 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:38Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.