[nws-changes] 20110908: TAF-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC

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• Subject: [nws-changes] 20110908: TAF-Fwd: ADMIN NOTICE NOUS41 KWBC
• From: Linda Miller <lmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:28:07 -0600

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Technical Implementation Notice 11-44
National Weather Service Headquarters Washington DC
715 am EDT Thu Sep 8 2011

TO:       NWS Offices
          Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Customers
          Family of Services Subscribers
          Other Customers of NWS Aviation Forecasts

FROM:     Cyndie Abelman
          Chief, Aviation Services Branch

SUBJECT:  Elimination of the Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF)
          Service for the Desert Rock Airport, Nevada (KDRA),
          Effective December 7, 2011

Effective December 7, 2011 at 1200 Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), the NWS Office in Las Vegas, NV, will no longer provide TAF
service for the Desert Rock Airport (KDRA) in Desert Rock, Nevada.
Routine and updated TAFS will no longer be issued for this
airport.

TAF service was initiated for KDRA in the 1970s when nuclear
testing personnel were routinely flying into the KDRA airport. At
that time, there was significant air traffic into that field. In
1992, flights into KDRA were reduced dramatically when nuclear
testing was banned. In 2009, the FAA changed the airport use to
private use, with permission required from the Department of
Energy (DOE) before landing. The airport has no control tower and
is unattended.

Holders of NWS procedural Instruction 10-813 (Terminal Aerodrome
Forecasts) should make the following deletion to the appendices:

   Airport           WMO Heading       AWIPS ID

    Desert Rock      FTUS45 KVEF       TAFDRA

In addition, the TAF will be deleted from the existing TAF
collectives below, which are transmitted to FAA personnel and
other external customers.

   WMO Headings      Available to the following customers

   FTUS80 KWBC      Non-FAA Domestic and Family of Services

FTUS90 KWBC  FAA Weather Message Switching Center and FAA
                     Facilities

   FTUS52 KWBC Global Telecommunication System Customers


If you have questions regarding the TAF change, contact:

    Michael Staudenmaier
    Meteorologist in Charge
    National Weather Service Office
    Las Vegas, NV 89139
    702-263-9744
michael.staudenmaier@xxxxxxxx

National Technical Implementation Notices are available at:

     http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/notif.htm

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