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NATS notam briefing site doesn't know about some navaids?

I am doing a notam check for

EGKA GWC KENET BZN EGCW

and get this

The old BZ doesn’t work either

and you cannot put in EGVN because airport IDs are not valid for ICAO flight plans

This is the official briefing facility run by the very people who are running the new 100% bust-them-all policy.

And sure enough here is a notam vital to national security – one of the royals going to lunch. Definitely get busted for that one.

Q) EGTT/QAECA/IV/NBO/E/025/065/5123N00105W014
B) FROM: 19/09/20 16:05 C) TO: 19/09/20 16:50
E) CONTROLLED AIRSPACE (TEMPO) CLASS D ESTABLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
AIC Y101/2018. CHART 2 DEPICTS THE AREA AS FLW,CTA (CPT TO NIGIT TO
ROVUS)
AREA 1. WI AREA BOUNDED BY A STRAIGHT LINE JOINING 512240N 0010314W
(VCY MORTIMER) TO 512028N 0005137W (VCY BLK) TO 511732N 0010011W (VCY
NEWNHAM) THEN THE ANTICLOCKWISE ARC OF A CIRCLE OF RADIUS 8NM CENTRED
ON 511612N 0004737W FROM 511732N 0010011W (VCY NEWNHAM) TO
511110N 0005729W (VCY GOLDEN POT) THEN A STRAIGHT LINE JOINING
511110N 0005729W (VCY GOLDEN POT) TO 511454N 0011717W (VCY
WHITCHURCH) TO 512240N 0010314W (VCY MORTIMER) 2500FT/FL65 AMSL
EXCLUDING LONDON TMA. CONTROL AUTHORITIES FARNBOROUGH ATC/LONDON
TERMINAL CONTROL.
AREA 2. WI AREA BOUNDED BY A STRAIGHT LINE JOINING 513007N 0010514W
(WHITCHURCH-ON-THAMES) TO 512240N 0010314W (VCY MORTIMER) TO
511454N 0011717W (VCY WHITCHURCH) TO 512820N 0012058W (VCY FIRS
FARM) THEN THE CLOCKWISE ARC OF A CIRCLE OF RADIUS 5NM CENTRED ON
512929N 0011310W FROM 512820N 0012058W (VCY FIRS FARM) TO
513007N 0010514W (WHITCHURCH-ON-THAMES) 3500FT AMSL/FL65 EXCLUDING
LONDON TMA. CONTROL AUTHORITIES FARNBOROUGH ATC/LONDON TERMINAL
CONTROL. 2019-09-0591/AS3

Luckily it starts 1605 UTC…

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

I did the flight yesterday, and found the KLN94 database no longer contains BZ (which it used to) or BZN.

Can anyone confirm if a GTN or IFD contains these waypoints?

Administrator
Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

The G1000 DA42 I was flying yesterday definitely had the BZ in the current database as I used it as a waypoint

Now retired from forums best wishes

The GTN 750 PC sim has both (BZN categorised as a VOR – you cannot search for TACANs – or DMEs).

To quote the NTSB chairman. “NOTAMs are just a pile of garbage.”

Last Edited by huv at 21 Sep 07:52
huv
EKRK, Denmark


Here it is engaged as a FPL waypoint

Now retired from forums best wishes
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