Periodic missile firing operations by Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, occur in Whiskey 188; vessels should contact on channel 16.
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 93/23
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · PACMISRANFAC 0/23 282245Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-28 22:48Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 15:17Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Intermittent missile firing operations conducted by the pacific missile range facility (pmrf), barking…cancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- NAVAREA XII 269/212021-06-15 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA XII 93/23 · this notice2023-02-28 · Listed in force
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-02-28 22:48Z
- status
- Listed in force
- authority
- PACMISRANFAC 0/23 282245Z FEB 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- PACMISRANFAC
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 24.067, -159.901
- nearest port
- Nawiliwili · 130 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. HAWAII. 1. INTERMITTENT MISSILE FIRING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY (PMRF), BARKING SANDS, KAUAI, HAWAII, IN WHISKEY 188 (W-188) OPERATING AREA. OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED PERIODICALLY THROUGHOUT EACH WEEK IN AREA BOUND BY 22-00.0N 159-51.0W, 22-00.0N 160-00.0W, 22-04.0N 160-06.0W, 21-59.5N 160-21.0W, 22-05.0N 161-35.0W, 22-45.0N 161-25.0W, 22-56.0N 161-49.0W, 23-34.0N 161-18.6W, 23-57.0N 160-41.0W, 25-41.0N 161-36.0W, 26-00.0N 159-58.0W, 25-47.0N 158-15.0W, 23-54.0N 158-15.0W, 22-20.0N 159-09.0W, 22-21.0N 159-30.0W, 22-13.0N 159-42.0W, 22-00.0N 159-51.0W. 2. VESSELS MAY BE REQUESTED TO ALTER COURSE DUE TO FIRING OPERATIONS AND ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT "PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE BARKING SANDS" ON VHF MARINE BAND CHANNEL 16 PRIOR TO ENTERING THE ABOVE BOUNDARIES. IF UNABLE TO CONTACT PMRF PRIOR TO ENTERING OR WHILE IN THE WARNING AREA, RELAY MESSAGES THROUGH U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU. 3. VESSELS INBOUND AND OUTBOUND FOR HAWAIIAN PORTS WILL CREATE THE LEAST INTERFERENCE TO FIRING OPERATIONS AS WELL AS ENHANCE VESSEL SAFETY BY PASSING SOUTH OF THE ISLANDS OF KAUAI AND NIIHAU DURING SPECIFIED TIMES. 4. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 269/21.
Reading this warning
- Missile firing
- Missile tests or exercises, with the danger area and times during which missiles may be in flight or falling.
- 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.
- VHF / channel 16
- Very high frequency marine radio; channel 16 is the international distress, safety and calling channel.
- 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.
Type
Military firing / hazardous-operations area — no matching space launch.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · missile & rocket hazards
200 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Missile operations 0730Z to 1300Z daily 24 thru 26 jul in area bound by 22-03N 159-46W, 22-03N 159-47W,…2021-07-23
- Missile operations 230730Z to 231300Z, 240730Z to 241300Z and 250730Z to 251300Z jul in area bound by 22-03N…2021-07-18
- Intermittent missile firing operations conducted by the pacific missile range facility (pmrf), barking…2021-06-15
- Missile operations 122230Z to 130330Z aug, alternate 132230Z to 140330Z aug in area bound by 22-03N 159-47W,…2020-08-07
- Intermittent missile firing operations conducted by the pacific missile range facility (pmrf), barking…2019-09-12
- Missile operations 282130Z to 290230Z aug, alternate 292130 to 300230Z and 302130 to 310230Z aug in area…2019-08-24
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
4 missile & rocket hazards listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:25Z; source collection times vary.
Missiles
Missile firings, rocket launches and space debris re-entry areas. All current missile & rocket hazards →
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.