receiving, from a base station of a cellular radio access network, a downlink control information message indicating availability of a broadcast message carrying emergency information;

receiving the broadcast message, the broadcast message comprising an indicator identifying that the emergency information is for unmanned aerial vehicles, wherein the broadcast message further comprises an indication of a geodetic 2D area or a geodetic 3D volume;

determining whether the aerial UE is inside the geodetic 2D area or the geodetic 3D volume;

ignoring the broadcast message if the aerial UE is determined to be not inside the geodetic 2D area or the geodetic 3D volume;

decoding the emergency information to obtain emergency instructions based at least in part on the indicator identifying that the emergency information is for unmanned aerial vehicles; and

performing one or more actions for unmanned aerial vehicles based at least in part on the emergency instructions.