Special Air Traffic Procedures Are Required Reading For All Aviators Flying To Oshkosh

With EAA AirVenture just around the corner, we are repeating some information we provided a couple of months ago about the special NOTAM for flying into Wittman Regional Airport during the event. The NOTAM published for this event is critically important and must be understood by aviators flying to AirVenture.

The NOTAM for this event is so extensive that it is not issued by flight service over the phone. At first, the sheer size of the NOTAM seems daunting but that’s only because it applies to everything from ultralights arrivals, to warbirds, to instrument approaches. It can be downloaded from EAA or the FAA’s websites.

The NOTAM, which is in effect 6 a.m. CDT July 17 to noon CDT July 27, 2015, outlines procedures for the many types of aircraft that fly to Oshkosh for the event. It may also apply to aircraft planning to land at nearby airports. It does not only apply to Wittman Regional Airport.

While the overall procedure is similar to past years, there are some changes compared to the 2014 version. Some of those changes include:

• MOA active in central Wisconsin
• TFRs near Milwaukee, July 25-26
• Fisk VFR arrival description
• Communication frequency updates
• IFR departure routings

Here’s some hints for using the NOTAM: Section out the pages that don’t apply to you and assemble a binder of the pages that do apply. Highlighting the key parts of the diagrams helps. Each diagram contains radio frequency information. Consider transposing this to a quick reference card that fits in your shirt pocket. Get organized. Review the other sections of the NOTAM to see how other patterns interface with yours.

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FMI: www.eaa.org