01/07/2026
U.S. ISSUES SECURITY WARNING OVER TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AIRSPACE: MILITARY RELATED DANGER ZONE: “THREATS CAN POSE A RISK TO AIRCRAFT”
By Pearce Robinson
The United States has issued a new FAA Security NOTAM formally warning that U.S. military activity is creating a potentially hazardous situation inside Trinidad and Tobago’s Piarco Flight Information Region (TTZP). Effective January 4 at 0501Z, the advisory states that aircraft at ALL altitudes — including during takeoff, landing, and overflight — face potential risk due to military operations west of 57°W. This is not a weather alert or technical notice. This is a security warning tied directly to active military activity in the region.
Earlier airspace closures have now been lifted, but they have been replaced with something more unsettling: open-ended hazard advisories that remain in force until February 2. When the FAA shifts from closures to warnings of military-related danger, it signals an active, unpredictable security environment. Trinidad and Tobago’s airspace has now been formally pulled into the risk envelope of a widening regional military operation — and that reality is now written into the official aviation record.
Cite: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html #/details type KICZ and look for A0010/26
