3690/2026
Military exercise off La Ciotat (Provence) 22 Oct 05:00-10:59 UTC
No longer in forceReceived 21 Oct 2026, 06:16 UTCArchived 21 Oct 2026, 13:23 UTC
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Area: PROVENCE
Locality: LA CIOTAT APPROACHES
Valid from 22 Oct 2026 05:00 UTC to 22 Oct 2026 10:59 UTC
MILITARY_EXERCISE
ESSAIS BLACK BIRD - SM EN AVTIVITÉ PAR PETIT FOND A L'IP
DANS LA ZONE 05-30 DELIMITÉE PAR :
43-10.00N 005-36.00E/43-10.00N 005-00.00E
43-00.00N 005-00.00E/43-00.00N 005-34.00E
43-02.40N 005-38.00E/42-56.50N 005-38.00E
42-56.50N 005-42.90E/43-02.80N 005-51.60E
LA COTE
(CARTE FR6951)
NAVIGUER AVEC PRUDENCE ET PRENDRE UN LARGE TOUR
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No longer in forceA military exercise (ESSAIS BLACK BIRD) will take place in the approaches to La Ciotat, Provence. Activity is scheduled 22 Oct 2026 from 05:00 to 10:59 UTC inside the polygon defined by the listed positions and along the coast. Mariners are advised to navigate with caution and give the area a wide berth.
Navigate with caution and give the area a wide berth as advised in the warning.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity high
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- La Ciotat approaches, Provence (French coast)
- Validity
- From 22 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC
Until 22 Oct 2026, 10:59 UTCValid from 22 Oct 2026 05:00 UTC to 22 Oct 2026 10:59 UTC - Activity periods
- 22 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC - 22 Oct 2026, 10:59 UTC (Military exercise period)
- Hazards
- military exercise, potential live activity
- Charts
- CARTE FR6951
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRSC GenovaItaly163 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC BarcelonaSpain189 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC LivornoItaly207 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station PlanierMRCC La GardeFranceMMSI 002275400VHF 21range 21 NM16 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station La GardeMRCC La GardeFranceMMSI 002275400VHF 23, MF 200range 200 NM18 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station CoudonMRCC La GardeFranceMMSI 002275400VHF 60range 60 NM25 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station PorqurollesMRCC La GardeFranceMMSI 002275400range 200 NM29 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Cap CamaratMRCC La GardeFranceMMSI 002275400VHF 30range 30 NM47 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 21 Oct 2026, 06:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.