A broadcast device for wirelessly broadcasting information pertaining to a first aircraft, the broadcast device comprising: - a positioning device configured to determine position data indicative of a position of the broadcast device, - a control unit configured to: * receive the position data as determined by the positioning device, * determine truncated position data (PD1') using at least a part of the received position data, wherein a bit width of the truncated position data (PD1') is smaller than a bit width of the position data, and * generate a data packet comprising the truncated position data (PD1') and an identifier of the broadcast device or values indicative thereof, wherein the broadcast device further comprises - a radio transmitter configured to receive the generated data packet and wirelessly broadcast the received data packet, wherein the broadcasted data packet is indicative of the to-be-broadcasted information, and wherein the broadcast device is configured to generate the data packet in such a way that the data packet comprises a pair c1 = (e1, m1) with an exponent e1 being a natural number and with a mantissa m1 being a natural number, wherein the pair c1 is indicative of a value v1, wherein the mantissa m has a bit width of N m1 and wherein the exponent e has a bit width of N e1, wherein v 1 = 2 e 1 * 2 Nm 1 + m 1 − 2 Nm 1 and wherein the bit widths N m1 and N e1 are selected such that a total bit width N1=N e1 +N m1 of the pair c1 is smaller than a total bit width of the value v1. - a positioning device configured to determine position data indicative of a position of the broadcast device, - a control unit configured to: * receive the position data as determined by the positioning device, * determine truncated position data (PD1') using at least a part of the received position data, wherein a bit width of the truncated position data (PD1') is smaller than a bit width of the position data, and * generate a data packet comprising the truncated position data (PD1') and an identifier of the broadcast device or values indicative thereof, * receive the position data as determined by the positioning device, * determine truncated position data (PD1') using at least a part of the received position data, wherein a bit width of the truncated position data (PD1') is smaller than a bit width of the position data, and * generate a data packet comprising the truncated position data (PD1') and an identifier of the broadcast device or values indicative thereof, wherein the broadcast device further comprises - a radio transmitter configured to receive the generated data packet and wirelessly broadcast the received data packet, - a radio transmitter configured to receive the generated data packet and wirelessly broadcast the received data packet, wherein the broadcasted data packet is indicative of the to-be-broadcasted information, and wherein the broadcast device is configured to generate the data packet in such a way that the data packet comprises a pair c1 = (e1, m1) with an exponent e1 being a natural number and with a mantissa m1 being a natural number, wherein the pair c1 is indicative of a value v1, wherein the mantissa m has a bit width of N m1 and wherein the exponent e has a bit width of N e1, wherein v 1 = 2 e 1 * 2 Nm 1 + m 1 − 2 Nm 1 and wherein the bit widths N m1 and N e1 are selected such that a total bit width N1=N e1 +N m1 of the pair c1 is smaller than a total bit width of the value v1.