Hazardous operations
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 229/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-29 18:00Z
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 29/16 270735Z JAN 16 - NAVAREA XV 11/16 CX 270210Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-27 10:20Z. 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
- Arabian 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Antofagasta radio NAVTEX, mf and hf service off aircancelled by this notice
- Iceberg sighted in 57-06.24S 067-47.06Wcancelled by this notice
Activity windows · 5 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-01 04:00Z | 2016-02-01 17:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2016-02-02 04:00Z | 2016-02-02 17:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2016-02-03 04:00Z | 2016-02-03 17:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2016-02-04 04:00Z | 2016-02-04 17:00Z | — | 13 h |
| 2016-02-05 04:00Z | 2016-02-05 17:00Z | — | 13 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-01-27 10:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-02-29 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 29/16 270735Z JAN 16 - NAVAREA XV 11/16 CX 270210Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 24.229, 66.655
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0400Z TO 1700Z DAILY
01 THRU 05, 08 THRU 12, 15 THRU 19, 22 THRU 26
AND 29 FEB IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 24-19.00N 066-58.00E, 24-00.00N 066-39.00E,
24-11.00N 066-27.00E, 24-24.30N 066-42.00E.
B. 24-16.18N 066-20.50E, 24-22.00N 066-27.00E,
24-16.30N 066-33.00E, 24-10.30N 066-27.00E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 198/16(22), 215/16(22).
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 291800Z FEB 16.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
686 within 180 nm since 2002 · 6 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 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…2026-09-18
- Hazardous operations 170430Z to 170730Z sep in area bound by 22-42.11N 068-55.34E, 22-40.00N 069-09.11E,…2026-09-15
- Hazardous operations 100230Z to 220230Z sep in areas bound by: a. 21-24.00N 067-05.00E, 21-03.00N…2026-09-10
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…2026-08-25
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1500Z daily 20 and 21 apr in area bound by 25-13.00N 064-18.00E, 25-13.00N…2026-04-16
- Hazardous operations 060300Z to 061900Z in areas bound by: a. 24-19.00N 066-58.00E, 24-24.30N 066-42.00E,…2025-12-04
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
- Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missingNav aids · 33.1 nm
- Wreck buoy 24-46.45N 066-57.09E missingWrecks · 36.5 nm
- Dangerous wreck in vicinity 23-51.80N 067-20.90EWrecks · 43.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
9 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 16:16Z; 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.