Exercises

Hazardous operations 1300Z to 2300Z daily 20 thru 30 sep in areas bound by: a. 10-23.30N 075-33.30W,…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 958/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-09-30 19:00Z

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) · COLOMBIA 324/22 201259Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-20 14:06Z. 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
Caribbean 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

Activity windows · 11 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2022-09-20 13:00Z2022-09-20 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-21 13:00Z2022-09-21 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-22 13:00Z2022-09-22 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-23 13:00Z2022-09-23 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-24 13:00Z2022-09-24 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-25 13:00Z2022-09-25 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-26 13:00Z2022-09-26 23:00Z—10 h
2022-09-27 13:00Z2022-09-27 23:00Z—10 h
… 3 more

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2022-09-20 14:06Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-09-30 19:00Z
authority
COLOMBIA 324/22 201259Z SEP 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
COLOMBIA
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
10.387, -75.552
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
COLOMBIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 1300Z TO 2300Z DAILY 20 THRU 30 SEP
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 10-23.30N 075-33.30W, 10-23.30N 075-33.00W,
      10-23.20N 075-33.00W, 10-23.20N 075-33.30W.
   B. 10-24.50N 075-32.80W, 10-24.50N 075-32.60W,
      10-24.40N 075-32.70W, 10-24.50N 075-32.90W.
   C. 10-23.30N 075-33.30W, 10-23.30N 075-33.00W,
      10-23.20N 075-33.00W, 10-23.20N 075-33.30W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301900Z SEP 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.
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

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

9 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:27Z; 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.