Definition
An FAA publication that consolidates current Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) considered essential to flight operations. It collects long-duration and regulatory NOTAMs into a single reference document so pilots and dispatchers can review them in one place rather than searching individual NOTAM feeds.
Plain English
A regularly published FAA document that gathers important, longer-lasting flight notices into one place so pilots can find them easily.
Context Anchor
Seen in older FAA handbooks, instrument training material, and preflight planning discussions about where pilots find important notice information.
Why Pilots Care
Pilots must review it to learn about lengthy or widespread notices that could affect route selection or safety.
Intuition Check
Do not assume NTAP meant every current notice for your flight was covered. It was a publication of selected notices; current preflight notice checking was still required.
Example Sentence 1
During preflight planning, the dispatcher checked the NTAP for any long-standing notices affecting the planned route.
Example Sentence 2
The NTAP contained extended details on a temporary flight restriction that did not fit in the standard NOTAM format.