NOTAM update cycle

Just out of interest: roughly how many minutes are NOTAM updates lagging behind the DFS notifications (this, of course, applies to all third-party providers)? I noticed yesterday and today for the first time that new NOTAMs had already been entered on the DFS site that had not yet been reported in VFRNav (and everywhere else, of course) — but then they did appear later. This was specifically about ice-related runway closures…

Many thanks!

Hello Martin,

Usually a few minutes. Depending on the “volume” of NOTAMs to be processed in the data stream, this can be up to a maximum of 180 minutes. Usually, though, considerably less.

Aviator’s regards

Hermann

Hello MartinF,

Thank you for your question.

I think a very concrete example regarding your post would have been helpful for analysis. It goes without saying that publications from the originator will appear there first. The information must be fetched by VFRnav (if it then has internet access!) via APIs. After that, this data/information is made available in VFRnav. If you notice an error, please describe it here :slight_smile:

Aviator regards, Karsten

Thanks Hermann and Karsten - that’s exactly what I suspected. I didn’t consider it a classic bug (and therefore didn’t provide an example).

Best regards

Martin