Step 1 (open screen)
Select Pre-Flight Briefing > Aerodrome PIB. The Aerodrome PIB screens appears.
Aerodrome PIB screen
Step 2 (define briefing options)
The system allows you to enter filter criteria concerning the message types that you want to have included in the PIB.
Message Type
You may select an additional message type or types that you want to have included in your PIB: SNOWTAM, ASHTAM and/or BIRDTAM); these are optional. However, standard NOTAM will be included every time. Additionally you may select to have METEO and/or miscellaneous information available in your PIB.
Briefing Type
Briefing type lets you choose which kind of NOTAM you wish to have included in your PIB: international, national and/or military NOTAM. One of the check boxes must be selected (if none are selected, an error message will be raised).
Flight Rules
The system requires you to select one of the flight rules.
IFR stands for Instrument Flight Rules. A flight conducted in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules is an IFR flight.
VFR stands for Visual Flight Rules. A flight conducted in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules is a VFR flight.
The third option is a combination of IFR and VFR.
Step 3 (define aerodromes)
In the Identifier field enter the ICAO location indicator
of the aerodromes for which you want to generate the PIB and click the
button.
Below the Aerodromes
table, Total displays
the current number of aerodromes listed.
The ICAO location indicator of aerodromes consists of a four-letter combination. |
If you do not know
the ICAO location indicator, click on the 
button. The Search Aerodromes page
appears and allows you to search for an aerodrome. You can search for
an aerodrome by ICAO code, IATA code, FIR code, the aerodrome name or
the type of aerodrome (aerodrome, heliport, landing site). Enter part
of the ICAO code (for example, LO or ED) or the other fields and click
Search. All aerodromes that meet the entered search criteria are
displayed.
Note:
If part or all of an aerodrome
ICAO code was entered prior to clicking the button, the ICAO Code search field in the search
window will be pre-filled with what was already entered in the respective
form field.
Search for aerodromes
Click on the aerodrome you want to add to your PIB. The selected aerodrome appears in the aerodrome list.
Step 4 (define vertical filter)
Define the Lower FL (default 0), Upper FL (default 999) and radius around the aerodromes in nautical miles for which you want to find messages.
Step 5 (define validity period)
From time is calculated on the basis of the client time. The client time is converted to UTC time according to the set time zone. To time displays the From time plus 24 hours.
Define the time range for which you want to have NOTAM included in the PIB. All NOTAM and messages of other selected types that are valid within the selected time range will be included in the PIB.
To define the From
and To dates, either
type in the values manually or use the Calendar pop-up. To open
the Calendar pop-up, click the 
button. Select
a month and day and click OK. The entered date must be the current
date or a date in the future.
Step 6 (generate PIB)
To generate the Aerodrome PIB, click on the Generate button. The PIB lists NOTAM by aerodromes.
The header of the PIB displays some of the selected filter criteria, for example:
Generation date and time of the bulletin in UTC
Selected Validity time period of PIB in UTC
Selected Service Type
Selected Flight Rules (either IFR, VFR or IFR/VFR)
Message types included in the PIB
Selected aerodrome(s)
Contents of PIB
Selected briefing type(s)
A disclaimer is included at the end of the PIB and for each empty section.
Example of an Aerodrome PIB
Step 6 (optional: send PIB in email)
The PIB can be
sent via e-mail. To send the PIB to one or more e-mail recipients, click
the mail symbol (
). The Email addresses
dialog opens:
Send PIB via e-mail
When entering multiple e-mail addresses in the Recipient field, separate each one by a semicolon (;). Do not include any spaces.
Step 7 (optional: generate PDF)
The
PIB can be exported to a PDF file by clicking on the PDF symbol (
).