Originally Posted by
ETStar
The NOTAM calls for the following:
FDC 5/5575 (A0019/15) – ZZZ - SECURITY - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLIGHT
PROHIBITION FOR THE SANAA FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (OYSC FIR)
ALL FLIGHT OPERATIONS IN THE SANAA FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION (OYSC FIR), EXCLUDING
THAT AIRSPACE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE DRAWN DIRECT FROM KAPET (163322N
0530614E) TO NODMA (152603N 0533359E), THEN DIRECT FROM NODMA TO PAKER (115500N
0463500E), BY THE PERSONS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH A BELOW ARE PROHIBITED UNTIL
FURTHER ADVISED DUE TO THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS SITUATION CREATED BY THE RISKS
TO U.S. CIVIL AVIATION FROM ONGOING MILITARY OPERATIONS, POLITICAL INSTABILITY,
VIOLENCE FROM COMPETING ARMED GROUPS, AND THE CONTINUING TERRORISM THREAT
FROM EXTREMIST ELEMENTS.
That's not the closure of Yemeni airspace to all commercial aviation:
A. APPLICABILITY. THIS NOTAM APPLIES TO: ALL U.S. AIR CARRIERS AND COMMERCIAL OPERATORS; ALL PERSONS EXERCISING THE PRIVILEGES OF AN AIRMAN CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY THE FAA, EXCEPT SUCH PERSONS OPERATING U.S.-REGISTERED AIRCRAFT FOR A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER; AND ALL OPERATORS OF AIRCRAFT REGISTERED IN THE UNITED STATES, EXCEPT WHERE THE OPERATOR OF SUCH AIRCRAFT IS A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER.