Hazardous operations 0300Z to 0900Z daily 11 thru 16 may in area bound by 21-23.50N 039-02.30E, 21-23.50N…
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 1500/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-05-16 10:00Z
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) · NAVAREA IX 174/24 051644Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-05 16:48Z. 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
- Red Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Activity windows · 6 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-11 03:00Z | 2024-05-11 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2024-05-12 03:00Z | 2024-05-12 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2024-05-13 03:00Z | 2024-05-13 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2024-05-14 03:00Z | 2024-05-14 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2024-05-15 03:00Z | 2024-05-15 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
| 2024-05-16 03:00Z | 2024-05-16 09:00Z | — | 6 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-05-05 16:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-05-16 10:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 174/24 051644Z MAY 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 21.302, 39.067
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
RED SEA. SAUDI ARABIA. DNC 10. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0300Z TO 0900Z DAILY 11 THRU 16 MAY IN AREA BOUND BY 21-23.50N 039-02.30E, 21-23.50N 039-05.70E, 21-12.80N 039-05.70E, 21-12.80N 039-02.30E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161000Z MAY 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.
- Hazardous operations
- NGA's heading for activities that make an area dangerous — most often rocket launches, space debris and weapons firings, and some open-ended danger areas.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
86 within 180 nm since 2002 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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.
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 06 thru 10 sep in area bound by 21-06.00N 038-58.30E, 21-05.35N…2026-09-01
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 21-31.95N 038-54.85E, 21-29.50N…2026-08-17
- Hazardous operations 0400Z to 1600Z daily: a. 17 aug in area bound by 20-08.28N 040-05.14E, 20-08.28N…2026-08-11
- Hazardous operations 29 sep thru 03 oct in area bound by 21-13.40N 038-58.50E, 21-13.50N 039-06.20E,…2024-09-27
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1200Z daily 07 thru 09 may in area bound by 21-28.50N 039-01.80E, 21-28.50N…2024-05-06
- Hazardous operations 07 thru 09 may in area bound by 21-28.50N 039-01.80E, 21-28.50N 038-18.75E, 20-48.80N…2024-05-06
Month of issue in the collected archive
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
30 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 14:31Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
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.