Comment by nkrisc
7 days ago
Charitably guessing that if they don't know how long they'll need to keep airspace closed then you give yourself plenty of time and rescind early if necessary, as opposed to continually issuing extensions which could cause confusion.
Or you say “until further notice”.
Indeterminate end dates are not a new problem.
FAA restrictions aren’t applied in a hand wavy fashion.
This story would suggest otherwise.
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They don't have a mechanism for doing that. A military base near me has had continuous flight restrictions for decades. Each notice lasts a few months (e.g. https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_5_8746) and before it expires they issue a new one.
The NOTAM system certainly does allow users to specify the end date for a TFR as "PERM" (Permanent).
For example, see the Disneyland TFR (FDC 4/3635): https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_4_3635
Can you imagine how much more wild the speculation would have been if they had said that instead?