Hazardous operations 1200Z to 1500Z and 1800Z to 2030Z daily 11 thru 14 mar in area within five miles of…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 253/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-14 21:30Z
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) · AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1004/24 061100Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-06 14:04Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 5.300, -52.688 with a 5.0 nm radius. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 8 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-11 12:00Z | 2024-03-11 15:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2024-03-11 18:00Z | 2024-03-11 20:30Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| 2024-03-12 12:00Z | 2024-03-12 15:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2024-03-12 18:00Z | 2024-03-12 20:30Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| 2024-03-13 12:00Z | 2024-03-13 15:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2024-03-13 18:00Z | 2024-03-13 20:30Z | — | 2 h 30 |
| 2024-03-14 12:00Z | 2024-03-14 15:00Z | — | 3 h |
| 2024-03-14 18:00Z | 2024-03-14 20:30Z | — | 2 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
- 2024-03-06 14:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-14 21:30Z
- authority
- AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE 1004/24 061100Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV LOCAL CAYENNE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 5.300, -52.688 · r 5.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FRENCH GUIANA. 1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1200Z TO 1500Z AND 1800Z TO 2030Z DAILY 11 THRU 14 MAR IN AREA WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 05-18.00N 052-41.30W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 142130Z MAR 24.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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
284 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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 141730Z to 141930Z sep in area within 15 miles of 06-00.00N 052-30.00W2026-09-11
- Hazardous operations 041130Z to 041600Z sep in area within three miles of 05-01.00N 051-58.00W2026-09-02
- Hazardous operations 181000Z to 190100Z, 191000Z to 200100Z, 201000Z to 201630Z, 211000Z to 220100Z and…2024-03-13
- Hazardous operations 201700Z to 201900Z feb in area within three miles of 04-53.07N 052-12.69W2024-02-16
- Hazardous operations 131100Z to 131300Z feb in area within three miles of 04-53.07N 052-12.69W2024-02-08
- Hazardous operations 071100Z to 072200Z feb in area bound by 05-27.40N 052-40.00W, 05-27.40N 052-32.70W,…2024-02-02
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
17 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 19:20Z; 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.