Garmin 500W Series, Pilot'S Manual & Reference

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4 - FLIGHT PLANS
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final course segment of the approach and will
provide navigation guidance to intercept this
final course.)
5. Turn the
large right
knob to highlight “Load?”
or “Activate?” and press ENT. “Load?” adds
the approach to the flight plan without imme-
diately using the approach for navigation guid-
ance. This allows you to continue navigating
the original flight plan until cleared for the
approach, but keeps the approach available
for quick activation when needed. “Activate?”
adds the approach to the flight plan and begins
navigating the approach course.
6. For precision approaches, and non-precision
approaches not approved for GPS, a reminder
window appears indicating that GPS guidance
on such approaches is strictly for monitoring
only. To confirm this reminder, highlight “Yes?”
and press
ENT
.
Select Arrival
Select Arrival? allows you to select a published
standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destina-
tion airport, or replace the current arrival with a new
selection. (See
Section 5 - Procedures
for information
on selecting arrivals using the PROC key.) Arrivals are
not available for all airports, in which case the arrival
windows will show “NONE.”
To select an arrival for a direct-to or flight plan
destination airport:
1. From the Active Flight Plan Page, press
MENU
to display the Active Flight Plan Page
Options.
2. Highlight the “Select Arrival?” option and press
ENT .
“Select Arrival?” and “Select Departure?”
allow you to select and use published arrival
routes (STARs) and published instrument
departures (SIDs).
3. A window appears listing the available arrivals
for your destination airport. Turn the
small
right knob to select the desired arrival and
press ENT .
4. A second window appears listing available
transitions for the arrival. Turn the small
right knob to highlight the desired transition
waypoint and press
ENT
.
5. A third window appears listing available runways
for the arrival. Turn the small right knob to
highlight the desired runway and press ENT .
Once the arrival or departure is selected, a
window appears to select the desired transi-
tion waypoint.
6. With “Load?” highlighted, press
ENT
. The
arrival is now inserted into your flight plan.
Active Flight Plan Options