Exercises

Hazardous operations 0130Z to 0700Z daily 18 thru 20 nov in area bound by 22-08.0N 162-50.0W, 22-06.0N…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 861/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-16 00:36Z

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) · PACMISRANFAC 0/22 122057Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-12 21:31Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

Activity windows · 3 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-11-18 01:30Z2022-11-18 07:00Z—5 h 30
2022-11-19 01:30Z2022-11-19 07:00Z—5 h 30
2022-11-20 01:30Z2022-11-20 07:00Z—5 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
2022-11-12 21:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-11-20 08:00Z
authority
PACMISRANFAC 0/22 122057Z NOV 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PACMISRANFAC
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
27.928, -159.598
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
NORTH PACIFIC.
HAWAII.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0130Z TO 0700Z DAILY
   18 THRU 20 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-08.0N 162-50.0W, 22-06.0N 160-09.0W,
   22-02.0N 159-47.0W, 22-04.0N 159-47.0W,
   22-05.0N 159-46.0W, 23-20.0N 160-29.0W,
   24-11.0N 160-29.0W, 24-42.0N 158-46.0W,
   24-43.0N 156-36.0W, 25-52.0N 153-54.0W,
   27-10.0N 152-27.0W, 28-44.0N 152-17.0W,
   30-02.0N 153-15.0W, 33-03.0N 156-16.0W,
   33-06.0N 159-01.0W, 32-28.0N 160-51.0W,
   30-11.0N 164-48.0W, 28-51.0N 166-11.0W,
   27-31.0N 166-16.0W, 22-17.0N 163-52.0W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 845/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 200800Z NOV 22.

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.
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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

25 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 15:05Z; 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.