NOTAM archive

Archive vs live NOTAM feed

Live NOTAM feeds answer: What is active now? A NOTAM archive answers: What was active then? That distinction is critical for retrospective analysis in accident investigation, litigation, insurance, and safety management.

Briefing distributors — from national AIS portals to EFB applications — are engineered for timeliness and accuracy of current information. Archival retention at scale is a separate function, typically implemented by specialised data providers and accessed through services such as NOTAM History rather than through free public briefing websites.

Coverage and format

Format consistency matters for legal and safety documentation. Archive retrieval preserves standard NOTAM identifiers and body text as active on the requested date, supporting comparison with crew briefing printouts and dispatch records.

• ICAO aerodrome and FIR codes worldwide, subject to archive provider coverage
• Archive depth up to approximately two years for supported locations and dates
• Results in standard ICAO NOTAM plain-text format suitable for attachment to reports
• Optional filter by NOTAM number (for example A2473/24) when the identifier is known
• Email delivery within seconds; search history available for logged-in account holders

Who uses a NOTAM archive?

Accident investigators reconstructing the published information environment; aviation counsel establishing what was officially notified; insurance adjusters verifying published restrictions on a loss date; safety auditors documenting alignment with published information; and operators responding to regulatory enquiries. Each needs reliable archive access without building custom API integrations.

NOTAM History is a consumer-facing archive search product layered on authoritative data APIs. It is not a replacement for FAA or Eurocontrol briefing before flight. See data sources and accuracy for limitations and archive depth.

Access and pricing

Archive searches are available as €9.99 one-off lookups, €29.99 yearly subscriptions including ten searches per billing year, or €29.99 top-up packs for additional volume. Subscribers manage billing and cancellation through the secure Stripe portal in My account.

To run a search, visit the homepage, enter ICAO and date, complete checkout, and receive archived NOTAMs by email. For step-by-step guidance, see how it works.

Archive quality expectations

A professional NOTAM archive should return plain-text ICAO notices with identifiers intact, not summarised paraphrases unsuitable for attachment to formal reports. NOTAM History prioritises that output standard because our users attach results to investigation files, legal bundles, and audit binders.

Archive completeness for a date means the active set the provider stored for that ICAO location — not a guarantee that every conceivable notice worldwide appears in one query. FIR and aerodrome searches may return different notice sets; investigators often query both when occurrences span en-route and terminal phases.

Treat archive access as complementary infrastructure alongside METAR history, flight plan archives, and ACARS — each answers a different factual dimension of the operating environment. NOTAM History focuses exclusively on the NOTAM dimension with approximately two years of depth via professional APIs.

Professional use summary

NOTAM History delivers archived NOTAMs by ICAO aerodrome or FIR and historical validity date, with approximately two years of archive depth via professional aviation data APIs. Pricing: €9.99 one-off, €29.99/year (ten searches), €29.99 top-up. Email output uses ICAO plain-text format for investigators, lawyers, insurers, safety officers, and operators. Not for pre-flight briefing — use FAA NOTAM Search or approved operator systems for current US and international operations before flight.

NOTAM History queries professional archive APIs by 4-letter ICAO aerodrome or FIR code and historical validity date, returning ICAO plain-text NOTAM output by email within seconds. Archive depth is approximately two years where supported. Pricing is €9.99 per one-off search, €29.99 per year including ten searches, or €29.99 top-up packs. The service is designed for investigators, aviation lawyers, insurers, safety officers, and operators who need expired NOTAMs no longer shown on FAA NOTAM Search or briefing apps — and is not for pre-flight operational briefing.