NOTAM limit

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This happened last year around October. Time to change the numbering format.

6/8978FLIGHT DATA CENTER /FDC/ NOTAMS ISSUED BY THE U.S. NOTAM OFFICE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THEIR NUMBER LIMIT OF 6/9999. AT THIS CURRENT PACE, FDC NOTAM NUMBERS WILL ROLLOVER SOMETIME IN JUNE. FDC NOTAM NUMBERS WILL REVERT BACK TO ITS NUMERICAL BEGINNING STARTING WITH THE FIRST CANCELLED FDC NUMBER OF 6/0001. THE AUTOMATIC NUMBERING SYSTEM WILL THEN PROCEED IN NUMERICAL ORDER ISSUING NOTAMS SEQUENTIALLY AS LONG AS THERE HAS BEEN A CANCELLATION. IF AN FDC NOTAM IS STILL CURRENT, THE FDC NOTAM NUMBERING PROGRAM WILL SKIP THAT CURRENT NUMBER AND ISSUE THE NEXT NUMBER AVAILABLE. WIE UNTIL UFN
 
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