A Temporary Flight Restriction Notice has gone out via a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) closing off all air space around Washington DC from surface to 99,000 feet, until further notice. This type of all-encompassing closure simply does not happen. Something big is up.
As seen below, this closure is for "National Defense Airspace."
I received this from a listener who is a private pilot in Virginia. He told me:
"I'm a private pilot that checks weather, TFR's and NOTAMS every day. I live in Central Virginia, and fly often. This TFR that popped up for DC for today 9/27/24 is unprecedented. Surface to 99,000MSL. I have never seen this in all the years I've been flying. Usually, TFR is surface to 18,000 feet MSL. Why the change? Are they expecting something? Notes: FDC 4/9433-2024-09 03T20:52:00"
