Bel air light 20-53.3S 055-36.5E unreliable
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 1618/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-10-05 05:40Z
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) · LA REUNION 14/02 IOR EGC#1882 050547Z SEP 02. Issued 2002-09-05 19:29Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -20.888, 55.608. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2002-09-05 19:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- LA REUNION 14/02 IOR EGC#1882 050547Z SEP 02
- issued by
- LA REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -20.888, 55.608
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 61581 (5TH ED). BEL AIR LIGHT 20-53.3S 055-36.5E UNRELIABLE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
6 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 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.
- NAVTEX station mauritius 20-10S 057-28E inoperative2015-07-27
- Pointe de bel air light 20-54.2S 055-36.2E unreliable2006-05-07
- Flat island light 19-52.7S 057-39.0E unlit2004-06-23
- Pointe de bel air light 20-52.3S 055-36.0E unreliable2002-09-27
- Pointe de bel air light 20-53.3S 055-36.5E unreliable2002-09-15
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:51Z; 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.