Garmin GNS 400W, Pilot'S Manual & Reference

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Flight Plans
from the
nearest airspace page
.
Flight Plans
The 400W-series lets you create up to 20 flight
plans, with up to 31 waypoints in each flight plan.
Flight plans are created, edited and activated using the
FPL key. The FPL page group includes two pages: the
active flight plan page and the flight plan catalog . The
active flight plan page provides information and editing
features for the flight plan currently in use (referred to
as “flight plan 00”). The
flight plan catalog serves as the
main page for creating new flight plans, as well as edit-
ing or activating previously created flight plans.
Active flight plan page with flight plan
currently in use.
Since using flight plans is arguably one of the more
complex features of the 400W-series, we’ll only discuss
it briefly here — focusing on creating a new flight
plan and activating it to use for navigation. Additional
information about flight plans can be found in
Section
4 Flight Plans .
To create a new flight plan:
1. Press the FPL key and turn the small right
knob to select the flight plan catalog.
2. Press the MENU key to display the flight plan
catalog options.
3. Turn the
large right
knob to select “Create
New Flight Plan?” and press ENT .
To create a new flight plan, select “Create
New Flight Plan?” from the flight plan
catalog options.
4. T h e
cursor will appear on the first waypoint identi-
fier field (located directly below “WAYPOINT”).
Use the
large
and
small right
knobs to enter
the identifier of the first waypoint in the flight
plan. (The
small knob is used to select the
desired letter or number and the
large knob
is used to move to the next character space.)
Enter the identifier for each airport and/or
navaid into the flight plan in the same
sequence you wish to fly.
5. Press
ENT once the identifier has been selected. The
cursor will move to the next blank waypoint