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Label: 37

Description

This label is seen to be used by Southwest Airlines (WN), Republic Airways (YX), Delta Airlines (NW/DL), Spirit Airlines (NK), and Endeavor Air (9E) in order of usage frequency.

From those airlines, there appears to be four variants of this message type.

Examples (WN variant)

Message appears to be obfuscated.

Examples from WN2377, registration N231WN

09RD,HI
AWP0KAD0-KJLJHKO/IMY6M:KX/M:Y:N:
01BEJ3O
)DF8Z)A86Z0IOUMSU-Z
HIU1M17,
ISM,ZN,N3
014F63N
..80Z)A86Z0IOUMSO1ZHIU1MUPSZPNP7NZOSUZ71SZMS-NZ3-M,Z33NUZO,3ZNUNZ33NZ2P1ZNO71O3

Examples (YX variant)

Most likely free text message

Example from YX4678, registration N129HQ

Recorded August 4, 2022 22:34:28 UTC

FTX01YX4687/04042233KJFKKDCA
THANKS
  1. FTX01 indicates that this is a freetext message
  2. YX4678 is the current IATA callsign
  3. 04042233 is the current timestamp. The first 04 is the date in local timezone, the second 04 is the date in UTC, the 2233 represents 22:33 UTC.
  4. KJFKKDCA is the departure/destination airport pair

Example from YX4742, registration N438YX

Recorded August 8, 2022 02:33:39 UTC

FTX01YX4742/07080233KLGAKRDU
9.8
  1. FTX01 indicates that this is a freetext message
  2. YX4742 is the current IATA callsign
  3. 07080233 is the current timestamp. The first 07 is the date in local timezone, the second 08 is the date in UTC, the 0233 represents 02:33 UTC.
  4. KLGAKRDU is the departure/destination airport pair

Example from YX4575, registration N101HQ

Recorded February 21, 2024 02:22:21 UTC

FTX01YX4575/21220222KLGAKCLE
02/22/24 02:22Z 0090
N40 54.2 W074 26.7
--FREETEXT--
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE 
FL220 THE FINAL FOR
RIDES
  1. FTX01 indicates that this is a freetext message
  2. YX4575 is the current IATA callsign
  3. 21220222 is the current timestamp. The first 21 is the date in local timezone, the second 22 is the date in UTC, the 0222 represents 02:22 UTC.
  4. KLGAKCLE is the departure/destination airport pair
  5. 02/22/24 02:22Z is the current UTC timestamp in longform.
  6. 0090 - unknown
  7. N40 54.2 W074 26.7 is the current position in degrees and fractional minutes.
  8. --FREETEXT-- denotes that freetext follows to end the message.

Examples (NW/DL variant)

Example from DL1348, registration N183DN

Recorded July 19, 2022 16:39:57 UTC

191637 KJFK KLAX6
2128




  1. 19 is the current date
  2. 1637 is the current UTC timestamp (a bit delayed behind receive time, probably because of propagation issues)
  3. KJFK is the departure airport
  4. KLAX is the destination airport
  5. 6 - unknown
  6. 2128 is the ETA timestamp in UTC?

Example from NW1587, registration N359NB

Recorded July 19, 2022 17:58:52 UTC

191737 KPBI KJFK7
/FN 1587
1816
INBOUND TO JFK
  1. 19 is the current date
  2. 1737 is the current UTC timestamp (a bit delayed behind receive time, probably because of propagation issues)
  3. KPBI is the departure airport
  4. KJFK is the destination airport
  5. 7 - unknown
  6. /FN 1587 is the flight number
  7. 1816 is the ETA timestamp in UTC?

Examples (NK variant)

Example from NK3150, registration N523NK

Recorded August 4, 2022 16:48:45 UTC

.N523NK,NKS3150,----,KPHL,FOB   69,APU 0,6,,0,,
  1. N523NK is the registration of the air frame
  2. NKS3150 is the ICAO callsign
  3. KPHL is the destination airport
  4. FOB is fuel on board, units unknown
  5. APU is aux power unit

Examples (9E variant)

Example from 9E4759, registration N294PQ

Recorded August 7, 2022 19:14:02 UTC

071937  TVC  LGA1
1946 ng   0049

  1. 07 is the current date
  2. 1937 is the ETA timestamp in UTC?
  3. TVC is the departure airport
  4. LGA is the destination airport

Other Examples

071QL),
540MZ50UQZRCH/(.JKZ
ACJJ(./,
GG(.ZG-H-
072U0)H
540MZ50UQZG-H-ZG)(/ZRCH/(H,KZACJ/(G-/
06( 5KI
79 -O7 Y6OJGHGO4RHCMICKOVRDCMIIF
02S8BCJ
,LN8H,B8.H3:YDH33)CH9GJ/)0RCH5GRC)4JD
FTX01YX3487/08081434KEWRKCLT
VERY TRUE...IM HOPEFUL
LOL
CHRIS
FTX01YX3487/08081507KEWRKCLT
DANGGG...ITS.SUNDAY
COME ON EWR.......CP
FTX01YX3487/08081510KEWRKCLT
YA..CALM WHEN WE LEFT
AS WELL...STUPID..EWR
03(EN54
V1HHKVQNGKBCL7KOXLLJ0CDKFX74J504
FTX01YX3742/08081601KEWRMUHA
NOPE.I TEXT HIM BUT NADA
FTX01YX3742/08081608KEWRMUHA
YEA I THOUGHT HE WAS
GONNA BE HERE 2...UGH

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