C172 PLT ADVISES NOTAM-L REGARDING TXWY CONFIGURATIONS AT LEX ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO USERS OUTSIDE OF IMMEDIATE FSS COVERAGE.

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AFTER BEING NOTIFIED THAT THE LEX ARPT DIAGRAMS PUBLISHED BY COMMERCIAL ARPT PROVIDER AND THE GOVT DEPICT THE LEX ARPT AS IT WILL EVENTUALLY LOOK AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF HOW IT IS NOW; THE OFFICIALS AT LEX ISSUED A NOTAM ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE. SINCE THE NOTAM IS ABOUT CHANGES IN THE TXWY ENVIRONMENT; THE 'SYSTEM' CALLS FOR THE NOTAM TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A NOTAM-L INSTEAD OF A NOTAM-D. AS A RESULT; THE ONLY WAY THAT A PLT CAN GET THIS NOTAM-L IS TO HEAR IT... EITHER ON THE AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFO SVC BROADCAST ON THE 126.3MHZ (NEAR THE ARPT) OR BY KNOWING THAT THE PLT HAS TO ASK FOR THE NOTAM-L'S (FSS BRIEFERS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO VOLUNTEER NOTAM L'S TO PLTS CALLING IN FOR BRIEFINGS) AND HEARING A FSS BRIEFER RECITE IT TO HIM/HER. NOTE: THE ONLY WAY THAT A PLT CAN GET THIS NOTAM-L WHEN GETTING A WX BRIEFING IS TO CALL THE LOUISVILLE FSS. NO OTHER FSS WILL HAVE THIS NOTAM-L BECAUSE THE 'SYSTEM' DOES NOT REQUIRE DISSEMINATION OF NOTAM-L'S BEYOND THE FSS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ARPT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY TO MAKE A NOTAM LIKE THIS AVAILABLE TO PLTS AS THEY PLAN A FLT IN OR OUT OF LEX. IF ONE ASSUMES BUSINESS AS USUAL; PLTS FLYING INTO LEX FROM ARPTS NOT IN THE LOUISVILLE FSS AREA WILL FIRST HEAR THIS NOTAM IF/WHEN THEY MONITOR ATIS INBOUND. IT IS ONE OF 6 OR 7 CURRENTLY BROADCAST NOTAM-L'S ON ATIS. NOTE: DUATS DOES NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO NOTAM-L'S SO SELF BRIEFING VIA DUATS WILL PREVENT A PLT FROM GETTING THIS NOTAM-L. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT A TXWY NOTAM SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS A NOTAM-D IF NEEDS BE. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT NOTAM-L'S FOR DEST; DEP AND ALTERNATE ARPTS ON A FLT PLAN BE AVAILABLE SYSTEM-WIDE SO PLTS CAN READ THESE NOTAMS; NOT JUST HEAR THEM.