Text Display
FIS text messages are available on the text display and
include METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, and
TFRs. Individual text messages are updated every five
minutes and composed of four parts: message type,
location, time and message body.
Text Information 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
received text messages. The columns are loosely defined
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