NOTAM Slam: Search NOTAMs & Check Out Weird Ones

​The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded thousands of flights in January after a software failure. The problem involved the organization's Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which provides information for pilots about their routes and potential hazards.

The failure caused delays and cancellations of over 8,200 flights and over 1,200 cancellations before it was fixed. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that an issue with NOTAM safety messages sent to pilots prompted the outage and called the ground stop the "right call" to make sure messages were moving correctly.

Interested in what NOTAMs say?

Search the FAA NOTAM system here.

And check out weird NOTAMs here. A couple examples:

-"I once got a weather report (METAR) for Gallup, NM that simply said 'ROSNOT.' When I asked the briefer what that meant, he said he had no idea. So he called the observer (I’m dating myself here, phone calls amongst humans) and asked him what it meant. He said it meant 'Rattlesnake On Step. No Observation Taken.'”

-"ANIMAL HAZARD (SMALL AND MID SIZED MACROPODS) ON ENTIRE AIRFIELD PREDOMINANTLY WEST OF RWY 15/33 FROM 05 280147 TO 08 280200 EST also at YKMP SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ANIMAL (EASTERN GREY KANGAROO) WI AD VCY FROM 06 080305 TO 06 082300 EST"