Captain described frustration with the format of NOTAMS.

Attributes
ACN	838773
Time
Date	200906
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	OMA.Airport
State Reference	NE
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 21000 Flight Crew Type 1900
Events
Anomaly	Other NOTAM FORMAT

Narrative:

This is an overall comment on our current NOTAM system. Take a look at oma NOTAMS and tell me which runways and taxiways are open. What approaches are available? There has to be a better way to present this information. We were flying day VMC. What if this was nighttime; or worse yet; an emergency diversion? I also think this should be a dispatch note- runway 32R/14L the only runway available. Thanks for your attention to this tedious; non-user friendly system. Crews beware!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain described frustration with the format of NOTAMS.

Narrative: This is an overall comment on our current NOTAM system. Take a look at OMA NOTAMS and tell me which runways and taxiways ARE open. What approaches ARE available? There has to be a better way to present this information. We were flying day VMC. What if this was nighttime; or worse yet; an emergency diversion? I also think this should be a dispatch note- Runway 32R/14L the ONLY runway available. Thanks for your attention to this tedious; non-user friendly system. Crews beware!

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.