Event Details and Registration

Central Florida is not a typical GA environment. We operate inside a complex mix of airline traffic, extensive training activity, and a rising volume of UAS operations. Add in the proximity of Cape Canaveral — which generates some of the most frequent TFR activity in the country — and you have a region where NOTAM literacy is essential.

Pilots attending this event will gain tools for safer and more efficient operations and will leave with current references, checklists, and links for continued study.

Download and review the Additional Documents at the bottom of this announcement.
Please visit the Orlando Executive Airport FAASTeam Library web site:

 https://www.fsr-inc.org/FAAST/Seminar/Notice.aspx

From Colonial Drive turn south on Rickenbacker Dr. Continue through the Fairgreen St. intersection to the end of Rickenbacker Dr. and into the parking lot. Park in any available designated spot. Walk east to the Airport Administration Building.

Orlando Executive Airport (ORL)
365 Rickenbacker Dr.
Orlando, FL 32802

For additional and background information, please visit the Orlando Executive Airport FAASTeam Library web site: https://www.fsr-inc.org/FAAST/Seminar/Notice.aspx

Maintaining operational awareness under Part 91 requires staying ahead of regulatory, procedural, and airspace changes. February 2026 introduces several significant updates that affect how Central Florida pilots plan and conduct flights, including changes to NOTAM systems, chart and procedure cycles, and region-specific airspace amendments.

This seminar provides practical guidance for interpreting newly formatted NOTAMs, verifying chart and procedure currency, understanding proposed airspace modifications, and incorporating these items into risk management and preflight planning. The session uses local examples from the Orlando and Daytona areas to ensure relevance for all VFR and IFR general aviation pilots.
 

Teaching Points

• Understand the NOTAM modernization initiatives planned for early 2026 and how the new format affects preflight planning.
• Review the January–February 2026 chart cycles, including updates to Sectional charts, Chart Supplements, and IFR procedures for Central Florida airports.
• Identify local airspace amendments and ATC procedural updates relevant to KORL, KMCO, KSFB, KDAB, and surrounding GA airports.
• Learn how to evaluate regulatory and airworthiness changes applicable to common Part 91 aircraft.
• Strengthen risk-based decision making for single-pilot operations, especially during winter weather patterns in Florida.
• Practice evaluating TFRs, UAS activity, and special-use airspace impacts under the updated NOTAM structure.

Key Takeaways

• Pilots must verify NOTAMs using the evolving digital NOTAM system and understand new coding and display conventions.
• Chart and procedure changes for early 2026 affect typical arrival and departure routes, altitudes, and local navigation references.
• Awareness of proposed and recently implemented airspace changes improves situational awareness and reduces pilot-controller workload.
• Incorporating FAA guidance, Advisory Circulars, and official handbooks into regular flight preparation reduces risk and increases compliance.
• Using standardized preflight checklists and authoritative resources ensures accuracy when evaluating ADs, TFRs, and chart currency.

Thanks to Lindsey Merced at the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) for use of their Administrative Offices, to Senior FAASTeam Rep David Conrad for registration and handouts,to FAASTeam Rep and WINGSPro Eric Mason, M.D.,to FAASTeam Rep Steve Moore, to FAASTeam Rep and DRONEPro KC Sealock, to Obie Young, Florida Aviation Network, a FAASTeam Industry Member, and to John Tenney, FAASTeam Rep.