You Know You're In Trouble When You Have To Check That The FAA Has Gotten Their Facts Straight...

ANN has received an urgent  notice from an FAA Staffer indicating that the TFR graphic that accompanied our original publication of TFR 5/5094 is mistaken and that pilots are busting this TFR. Checking with the FAA site, we see that the TFR depiction we had previously published is STILL depicted in RealTime. Afraid yet?

However; upon checking the National Interagency Airspace Information Website, we see that their TFR depiction is of a rectangular piece of airspace instead of the triangular depiction STILL posted on the FAA site. We are inclined to believe that the NIFC website has gotten it right and military sources seem to confirm it.

SO... here is the proper (so far as we know...) TFR Graphic depiction. But... we gotta tell tell you that when the FAA site is wrong for three days in a row on this matter, we have to worry about what else is going wrong. We hope that the FAA is not busting pilots for an improper depiction provided by Uncle Sugar...

NOTAM:  5/5094 
Issued:  06/26/2005 15:10 
Effective:  Immediately - Until Further Notice 
State:  AZ 
Facility:  ZAB - ALBUQUERQUE (ARTCC),NM. 
Type:  HAZARDS 
Description:  20 MILES SE OF BLACK CANYON CITY AZ. 

FDC 5/5094 ZAB AZ.. FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS 20 MILES SE OF BLACK CANYON CITY, AZ. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 91.137(A)(2) TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE IN EFFECT WITHIN AN AREA BOUNDED BY: 341800N/1120000W OR THE DRAKE /DRK/ VORTAC 121 DEGREE RADIAL AT 33.8 NAUTICAL MILES THEN TO 341800N/1113000W OR THE DRAKE /DRK/ VORTAC 102 DEGREE RADIAL AT 54.2 NAUTICAL MILES THEN TO 335000N/ 1113000W OR THE PHOENIX /PXR/ VORTAC 32 DEGREE RADIAL AT 33.6 NAUTICAL MILES THEN TO 335000N/1120000W OR THE PHOENIX /PXR/ VORTAC 344 DEGREE RADIAL AT 24.0 NAUTICAL MILES BACK ORIGINAL POINT AT AND BELOW 9000 FEET MSL TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIREFIGHTING ACFT OPERATIONS. SOUTHWEST COORDINATION CENTER TELEPHONE 505-842-3473 OR FREQ 134.725/CAVE CREEK COMPLEX FIRE IS IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION. PRESCOTT /PRC/ AFSS TELEPHONE 928-778- 0465 IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY.

FMI: http://tfr.faa.gov, http://airspace.nifc.gov/mapping/nifc/BLMTFRrecent.cfm