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AIM

8/15/19

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En Route Procedures

TBL 5

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Free Text Uplink Message Elements (TXTU)

CPDLC Message Sets

Operational Definition in PANS

ATM (Doc 4444)

FANS 1/A

ATN B1

Response

Message 
Element 

Identifier

Message Element

Intended Use

Format for 

Message Ele-

ment Display

UM169 (

free text

)

UM203 (

free text

)

R

TXTU

1

(

free text

Note 

 M alert 

attribute.

UM169 (

free text

)

CPDLC NOT IN USE
UNTIL FURTHER
NOTIFICATION

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

UM169 (

free text

)

“[facility designation]”
(for Altimeter Report-
ing Station)

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

UM169 (

free text

“[facility designation]
ALTIMETER MORE
THAN ONE HOUR”
OLD

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

UM169 (

free text

DUE TO WEATHER

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

UM169 (

free text

REST OF ROUTE UN-
CHANGED

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

UM169 (

free text

TRAFFIC FLOW
MANAGEMENT
REROUTE

N/A

R

See Note

(

free text

)

NOTE

These are FAA scripted free text messages with no GOLD equivalent.

TBL 5

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Free Text Downlink Message Elements (TXTD)

CPDLC Message Sets

Operational Definition in PANS

ATM (Doc 4444)

FANS 1/A

ATN B1

Response

Message 
Element 

Identifier

Message Element

Intended Use

Format for 

Message Ele-

ment Display

DM68 

(free text)

Note 1. 

 Urgency or Distress

Alr (M)

Note 2. 

 Selecting any of the

emergency message elements
will result in this message ele-
ment being enabled for the
flight crew to include in the
emergency message at their
discretion.

N/A

Y

TXTD

1

(

free text

Note 

 M alert 

attribute.