Garmin GNS 430AW, Pilot'S Manual & Reference

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Flight Plans
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. The cursor will appear on the first waypoint
identifier 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
identifier field.