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Voice Communications Uplink Message Elements (COMU) 

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 Element 

Display 

UM117 CONTACT 

(ICAO unit name) 

(frequency) 

UM117 

CONTACT 

(unit 

name) (frequency) 

W/U 

COMU

Instruction to 

establish voice 

contact with the 

specified ATS unit 

on the specified 

frequency. 

CONTACT 

(unit 

name) (frequency) 

UM120 MONITOR 

(ICAO unit name) 

(frequency) 

UM120 

MONITOR (

unit 

name) (frequency) 

W/U 

COMU

Instruction to 

monitor the 

specified ATS unit 

on the specified 

frequency. The 

flight crew is not 

required to 

establish voice 

contact on the 

frequency. 

MONITOR 

(unit 

name) (frequency) 

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Voice Communications Downlink Message Elements (COMD) 

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 Element 

Display 

DM20 REQUEST 

VOICE CONTACT 

Note 

 Used when a 

frequency is not 

required. 

N/A 

COMD

Request for voice 

contact on the 

specified frequency. 

REQUEST 

VOICE 

CONTACT 

(frequency) 

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Emergency/Urgency Uplink Message Elements (EMGU) 

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 

Element 

Display 

Used in combination with 

LVLU

6 and LVLU

9, 

which is implemented in 

FANS 1/A as: 

UM38 IMMEDIATELY 

CLIMB TO (

altitude

UM39 IMMEDIATELY 

DESCEND TO (

altitude

N/A 

EMGU

Instruction to 

immediately 

comply with the 

associated 

instruction to avoid 

imminent situation. 

Immediately 

En Route Procedures 

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