The FAA has updated its resource guides for the three big oceanic areas of interest: the North Atlantic, the Pacific, and WAT airspace (West Atlantic / Gulf Of Mexico / Caribbean). All three have been updated effective July 2025.
These guides are a good starting point for understanding all the essentials of operating in these regions, and include links to all kinds of useful supplemental information around the main topics for each one.
Click on the pics to check them out.
North Atlantic
Pacific
WAT
To see a timeline of the big changes on the NAT stretching back to 2015 click here.
Opsgroup members can download several NAT guides and a NAT Plotting & Planning Chart via the Members Dashboard here.
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