GPS 400 Pilot’s Guide and Reference
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SECTION 4
FLIGHT PLANS
Menu Option
Description
Activate Leg*
Activates/reactivates the flight plan and selects the highlighted leg as the ‘active leg’ (the leg
which is currently used for navigation guidance)
Crossfill
Allows the pilot to transfer the active flight plan between two 400/500-series Garmin units in a
dual unit installation (see Section 8.2, Flight Planning: Crossfill for additional information on this
feature)
Copy Flight Plan
Copies the active flight plan to a flight plan catalog location, as described previously in Section
4.1
The copy function is useful for duplicating the active flight plan before making changes
Invert Flight Plan
Reverses the active flight plan (see Section 4.1, Activating Flight Plans and Inverting Flight Plans)
Delete Flight Plan
Allows the pilot to remove all waypoints from the selected flight plan, as described previously in
Section 4.1
Deleting a flight plan does not delete the waypoints contained in the flight plan from the
database or user waypoint memory
Select Approach*
Allows the pilot to select a published instrument approach for the destination airport, or replace
the current approach with a new selection (in many cases, it is convenient to select approaches
using the
PROC
Key as described in Section 5.1)
Select Arrival*
Allows the pilot to select a published standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destination
airport or replace the current arrival with a new selection (Section 5.1 for information on
selecting arrivals using the
PROC
Key).
Select Departure*
Allows the pilot to select a published standard instrument departure (SID) for the departure
airport or replace the current departure with a new selection (see Section 5.1 for information on
selecting departures using the
PROC
Key)
When using a direct-to, the GPS 400 uses the nearest airport as a reference when displaying
available departures
Remove Approach*
Deletes the currently selected approach from the active flight plan
Remove Arrival*
Deletes the current STAR from the active flight plan
Remove Departure*
Deletes the current SID from the active flight plan
Closest Point of FPL*
Calculates the bearing and closest distance that a flight plan passes from a reference waypoint
May also be used to create a new user waypoint along the flight plan at the location closest to
the reference waypoint
Change Fields*
Allows the pilot to select the desired data items to display on the Active Flight Plan Page, as
described in this section
Restore Defaults*
Returns the data items to factory defaults, as described in this section
Table 4-2 Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options
NOTE: A ‘*’ in Table 4-2 indicates a procedure for using the listed option follows in this section.
