Here’s a Way for Pilots to Avoid NOTAM Fatigue

Weather Company's Weather Dispatch platform reduces a nagging chore.

Les Abend

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 08:06 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

The Maverick Dispatch platform combines all of the WSI products and then adds detailed real-time information for airline operations while tracking flights around the globe. [Credit: Les Abend/Adobe Stock]

Key Takeaways:

Reviewing NOTAMs (Notices to Air Missions) is a challenging and time-consuming process for pilots due to their complexity, numerous types, and often cryptic abbreviations, leading to potential information overload or missed critical details.
The Weather Company has developed the Maverick Dispatch platform for airline operations, featuring an innovative AI product called "Smart NOTAM."
Smart NOTAM aims to revolutionize NOTAM review by translating them into plain language and, crucially, prioritizing them based on importance (e.g., runway closures first), significantly streamlining decision-making for pilots and dispatchers.
Beyond Smart NOTAMs, Maverick Dispatch offers comprehensive tools including predictive weather analytics (TrAKR) for terminal airspace, real-time flight tracking, and graphical displays of airport conditions to enhance situational awareness and operational efficiency.

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in my previous life, flight plan data would spit out of a printer, producing a stack of recycled folded paper that we would transport from operations to the cockpit. The stack included the flight plan, takeoff data, crew information, and, of course, NOTAMs.

Most airlines have embraced technology and eliminated paper. Electronic tablets rather than printers now retain flight plan data. Still, reviewing NOTAMs can be a tedious process for an airline pilot, especially if multiple destinations and alternate airports are involved for a typical trip sequence. Honestly, if we took the time to precisely review all the NOTAM information, our flights would be sitting at the gate past departure time.