Support

NOTAM Visualizer plots Israeli IAA Notices to Airmen on an interactive map. This page explains how the app works and how to reach the developer if something looks wrong.

Important: NOTAM Visualizer is for situational awareness only. It is not a substitute for an official pre-flight briefing and must not be used for operational flight planning, navigation, or in-flight reference. Always consult the official IAA AIS website before any flight.

Quick start

Open the app — accept the disclaimer to continue.
The map shows every NOTAM in the current snapshot. Tap any shape (circle, polygon, or marker) to read the full text.
Open the sidebar (☰ on mobile) to see the list, filter, and route tools.

Filtering NOTAMs

The filter bar at the top of the sidebar lets you narrow the list by text, category, active-only, and time window:

Search — matches any word in the NOTAM ID, location, or body text.
Time window (🕐) — Now, 2 h, 24 h, 7 d, or a custom start/end. NOTAMs whose validity overlaps the window are kept.
Category chips — airspace, obstacle, navaid, runway, airport, procedure, military, or other (derived from the Q-code).
Active only — hide NOTAMs that are not currently in force.
Sort (⇅) — by ID, effective date, or expiry.

Planning a route

Use the route box at the top of the sidebar. Type or pick airports, navaids, or VFR/IFR waypoints (e.g. LLBG MIKLA LLHA). The map draws your track plus a 1 km corridor, and the list narrows to NOTAMs that intersect the corridor and (optionally) your altitude band. Clear the route to restore the full list.

Selecting and exporting

Tap the checkbox in any list row or popup to add a NOTAM to your selection. The selection counter appears at the top of the sidebar and on the map. Use the ⬇ pill in the filter bar to export your selection — or, if nothing is selected, the current filtered view — as PDF, GPX, or KML. On iPhone the file is saved to the app's Files folder (visible under On My iPhone → NOTAM Visualizer).

Showing your position

Tap My position in the header to enable the GPS layer. The app shows a heading-aware aircraft marker plus a circle for the GPS accuracy estimate. Your location stays on the device — it is never transmitted anywhere. Tap the same button again to stop tracking.

Reference layers

The layer panel (top-right of the map) toggles four bundled reference sets — Airports, Navaids, VFR waypoints, IFR waypoints — drawn from the standard Israeli AIP data. These do not change when NOTAMs update; they ship with the app.

Where the data comes from

NOTAM data is scraped daily from the public IAA briefing site, parsed server-side, and cached. The app fetches the latest cached snapshot when you open it. If the daily scrape fails, you may see slightly older data — the timestamp on each NOTAM tells you when it was issued. The app cannot create or modify NOTAMs; it is a read-only viewer.

Offline use

The last successful NOTAM fetch is cached, so the app remains usable in airplane mode with the most recent snapshot. The map base layer (OpenStreetMap tiles) is not pre-cached — areas you have not yet visited will appear blank when offline.

Troubleshooting

No NOTAMs / blank map. Pull to refresh, or close and reopen the app. If the daily scrape failed, the app falls back to the last cached snapshot. Check your internet connection.
Position doesn't appear. Make sure Location permission is granted to NOTAM Visualizer in Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services.
Wrong shape on map. Some NOTAMs use unusual coordinate formats that the parser may not recognise. If you see a NOTAM whose footprint looks wrong, please report it (see Contact below) with the NOTAM ID.
Export fails on iPhone. Open the Files app and check On My iPhone → NOTAM Visualizer. The export saves there before opening the share sheet.

Privacy

NOTAM Visualizer collects no personal data, has no accounts, and runs no analytics or advertising. See the Privacy Notice for details.

Contact

For questions, bug reports, or feature requests, email orad@aero-logic.org. Please include your app version (shown in the footer below) and the NOTAM ID if relevant.