FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is a modernization of America’s air transportation system to make flying safer, more efficient, and more predictable. The FAA’s Data Comm program is a part of this modernization program and will use data link communications technology to complement traditional voice communications between a flight crew and air traffic controllers. Use of the FAA Data Comm system is intended to improve communications by replacing traditional voice commands with text based messages and by reducing delays by allowing for improved rerouting capability when faced with weather events and congested airspace.
The FAA Data Comm Service requires:
Quickly depart at busy airports, reduce your workload and mitigate delivery/read back errors by registering to use the U.S. FAA Data Comm service from FltPlan.com and Garmin. Controller Pilot Data Link Communication-Departure Clearance (CPDLC-DCL) automates Clearance Delivery operations at just over 60 of the U.S.' busiest airports. FAA Data Comm enables wireless receipt and ability to automatically load the route of the departure clearance into the integrated flight deck.
At select airports where DCL service is unavailable, our Pre-Departure Clearance (PDC) service sends your clearance via text message (SMS) or email to a portable electronic device (PED) like a cell phone or tablet. Pre-Departure Clearances are included in the FAA Data Comm subscription at no additional charge.
En Route CPDLC enables the ability to exchange messages with U.S. domestic Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC) and is expected to become widely available soon.
En Route Services include1:
1Limits apply based on the active rollout to each ARTCC, reference the Harris website below for more information.
2Services are limited, reference AC 90-117 Section 2.19.1 for more information.
U.S. FAA Data Comm service is available for $499 per aircraft per year for:
Aircraft | Flight Deck | GDU SW Version | Enablement | Radio |
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Cessna Citation CJ3+ | G3000 | v20.90 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Cessna Citation Excel | G5000 | v21.17 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Cessna Citation M2 | G3000 | v20.90 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Cessna Citation XLS | G5000 | v21.17 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Daher TBM 940 | G3000 | v21.60 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Daher TBM 960 | G3000 | v32.01.10 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Embraer Phenom 1001 | G3000 | v21.17 (SW23) or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Embraer Phenom 3001 | G3000 | v21.17 (SW23) or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
HondaJet Elite | G3000 | v31.11 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Textron Beechjet 400A | G5000 | v20.94 or later | FAA Data Comm | GDR 66 |
Additional Garmin equipped airframes will be added to this page as they are certified and available to subscribe to this service.
1For aircraft delivered after November 2019.
For technical support, please contact 866-739-5687.
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Airports eligible for DCL service include:
(Triangle indicates DCL. All are PDC eligible unless indicated by .)
ADW | ![]() |
Andrews AFB | LIT | ![]() |
Little Rock Adams Field |
ANC | Anchorage International | MCI | ![]() |
Kansas City International | |
ABQ | ![]() |
Albuquerque International | MCO | ![]() |
Orlando International |
ALB | Albany International | MDW | ![]() |
Chicago Midway | |
ATL | ![]() |
Atlanta Hartsfield International | MEM | ![]() |
Memphis International |
AUS | ![]() |
Austin-Bergstrom International | MIA | ![]() |
Miami International |
BDL | ![]() |
Windsor Locks Bradley International | MKE | ![]() |
Milwaukee Mitchell International |
BNA | ![]() |
Nashville International | MSP | ![]() |
Minneapolis Saint Paul International |
BOI | Boise Air Terminal | MSY | ![]() |
New Orleans International/Moisant Field | |
BOS | ![]() |
Boston Logan International | OAK | ![]() |
Metropolitan Oakland International |
BUF | ![]() |
Greater Buffalo International | OKC | Oklahoma City-Will Rogers | |
BUR | ![]() |
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena | OMA | Omaha Eppley Airfield | |
BWI | ![]() |
Baltimore Washington International | ONT | ![]() |
Ontario International |
CHS | ![]() |
Charleston International | ORD | ![]() |
Chicago O’Hare International |
CLE | ![]() |
Cleveland-Hopkins International | PBI | ![]() |
Palm Beach International |
CLT | ![]() |
Charlotte/Douglas International | PDX | ![]() |
Portland International |
CMH | ![]() |
Port Columbus International | PHL | ![]() |
Philadelphia International |
CVG | ![]() |
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky | PHX | ![]() |
Phoenix Sky Harbor International |
DAL | ![]() |
Dallas Love Field | PIT | ![]() |
Pittsburgh International |
DCA | ![]() |
Washington National | PVD | Theodore Francis Green-Providence | |
DEN | ![]() |
Denver International | RDU | ![]() |
Raleigh-Durham International |
DFW | ![]() |
Dallas/Fort Worth International | RNO | ![]() |
Reno-Tahoe International |
DTW | ![]() |
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County | RSW | ![]() |
Fort Myers |
ELP | El Paso International | SAN | ![]() |
San Diego International-Lindbergh | |
EWR | ![]() |
Newark International | SAT | ![]() |
San Antonio International |
FLL | ![]() |
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International | SDF | ![]() |
Louisville Standiford Field |
GSO | Greensboro Piedmont Triad International | SEA | ![]() |
Seattle-Tacoma International | |
HNL | Honolulu International | SFO | ![]() |
San Francisco International | |
HOU | ![]() |
William P Hobby - Houston | SJC | ![]() |
San Jose International |
HPN | ![]() |
Westchester County - White Plains | SJU | ![]() |
San Juan Marin International |
IAD | ![]() |
Washington Dulles International | SLC | ![]() |
Salt Lake City International |
IAH | ![]() |
Houston Intercontinental | SMF | ![]() |
Sacramento Metropolitan |
IND | ![]() |
Indianapolis International | SNA | ![]() |
John Wayne Orange County |
JFK | ![]() |
New York Kennedy International | STL | ![]() |
Lambert-Saint Louis International |
JAX | ![]() |
Jacksonville International | TEB | ![]() |
Teterboro |
LAS | ![]() |
Las Vegas McCarran International | TPA | ![]() |
Tampa International |
LAX | ![]() |
Los Angeles International | TUL | Tulsa International | |
LGA | ![]() |
New York LaGuardia | VNY | ![]() |
Van Nuys |