Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 23 and 24 mar, 0500Z to 1200Z daily 28, 29, 31 mar, 04, 11, 18 thru…

Aegean Sea · Gunnery · HYDROLANT 705/16

issued: 2016-03-23 11:33Z
status: cancelled 2016-04-28 13:00Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2016-04-28 13:00Z
cancels: HYDROLANT 515/16
authority: GREEK NAVTEX IRAKLEIO 121/16 211330Z MAR 16.
sea: Aegean Sea
position: 36.786, 23.669
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AEGEAN SEA.
GUNNERY.
DNC 09.
1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0600Z TO 1300Z DAILY
   23 AND 24 MAR, 0500Z TO 1200Z DAILY
   28, 29, 31 MAR, 04, 11, 18 THRU 21
   AND 25 THRU 28 APR,
   300500Z TO 300745Z AND 301115Z TO 301200Z MAR,
   0500Z TO 0645Z AND 1045Z TO 1200Z DAILY
   05 THRU 07 AND 14 APR,
   0500Z TO 0645Z AND 1115Z TO 1145Z DAILY
   12 AND 13 APR IN AREA BOUND BY
   36-56N 023-29E, 36-42N 023-32E,
   36-41N 023-48E, 36-47N 023-55E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 515/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 281300Z APR 16.

Activity windows · 8 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2016-03-30 05:00Z	2016-03-30 07:45Z	—	2 h 45
2016-03-30 11:15Z	2016-03-30 12:00Z	—	45 min
2016-04-05 05:00Z	2016-04-05 06:45Z	—	1 h 45
2016-04-05 10:45Z	2016-04-05 12:00Z	—	1 h 15
2016-04-06 05:00Z	2016-04-06 06:45Z	—	1 h 45
2016-04-06 10:45Z	2016-04-06 12:00Z	—	1 h 15
2016-04-07 05:00Z	2016-04-07 06:45Z	—	1 h 45
2016-04-07 10:45Z	2016-04-07 12:00Z	—	1 h 15

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

1002 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

Season · when military exercises happen here

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Timeline

Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 01 thru 03, 07 thru 10, 15, 16, 21, 23 and 24 mar, 0600Z to 0945Z and…cancels · 2016-03-01
Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 01 thru 03, 07 thru 10, 15, 16, 21, 23 and 24 mar, 0600Z to 0945Z and…replaced · 2016-03-01

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Missile operations 0530Z to sunset daily every wednesday thru saturday until 14 jun and 16 seb thru 31 dec…Missiles · 97.5 nm
Hazardous operations sunrise to sunset daily until 14 jun and 16 sep thru 31 dec in area bound by 38-16.00N…Exercises · 102.8 nm

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