Nav aids

Xicalango light 18-37.6N 091-54.0W unreliable

Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 101/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-05-29 13:19Z

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) · MEXICO IV 1/20 301322Z JAN 20.. Issued 2020-01-30 14:26Z. 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: Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 18.627, -91.900. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →

issued: 2020-01-30 14:26Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MEXICO IV 1/20 301322Z JAN 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MEXICO IV
sea: Gulf of Mexico
position: 18.627, -91.900
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF CAMPECHE.
MEXICO.
CHART 28260.
XICALANGO LIGHT 18-37.6N 091-54.0W 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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

31 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.

Chiltepec light 18-26.4N 093-05.8W unlit2021-08-31
Punta zapotitlan light 18-31.5N 094-48.1W unreliable2021-04-27
Tonala light 18-12-45N 094-08-00W unlit2021-04-02
Celestun light 20-51.6N 090-24.0W unlit2020-12-05
Xicalango light 18-37.6N 091-54.0W unlit2020-12-05
Platform 18-41.7N 092-34.1W unlit2019-03-29

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

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:43Z; source collection times vary.

Nav aids

Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →

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