User`s guide

Flight Information Service-Broadcast

(FIS-B)

Flight Information Service - Broadcast (FIS-B) Function

allows access to textual weather data messages on UAT

equipped installations.

Individual FIS textual messages are composed of four

parts: message type, location, time and message body.

Examples:

TYPE LOCATION TIME MESSAGE

BODY

METAR KSLE 191534Z METAR TEXT

METAR KMMV 181423Z METAR TEXT

TAF KSLE 171423Z TAF TEXT

The upper portion of the FIS Function page is used for

displaying the contents of an individual FIS message

while the lower portion of the screen is used for

categorization and sorting of different message types, such

as METARS, TAFs, SIGMETS, etc.

The lower portion of the screen is divided into three

distinct columns to provide simple categorization of

Detailed Operation