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.
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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.
More on the topic:
- More: NAT Guide 2026 – My First NAT Flight is Tomorrow
- More: Timeline of North Atlantic Changes
- More: FAA Warns on Runway Length Data and Overrun Risk
- More: New NAT Doc 007: North Atlantic Changes from March 2026
- More: What’s Changing on the North Atlantic?
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