3)Turn the small right knob to display a window of available departures for the selected airport (Figure 7-29). Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired departure.

Figure 7-29 Departure Window

4)Press the ENT Key. The cursor moves to the runway field.

5)Turn the small right knob to display a window of available runways (Figure 7-30). Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired runway. (‘ALL’ may appear in the runway field, indicating the departure procedure applies to all runways. For airports with parallel runways, ‘B’ may appear at the end of the runway designation to indicate the departure procedure applies to both runways.)

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WPT PAGES

Airport Departure Page Options

The following option is available for the Airport Departure Page, by pressing the MENU Key:

•Load into Active FPL? - Allows the pilot to load the selected departure into the active flight plan. This is identical to loading a departure procedure from the Procedures Page, as described in Section 6.1.

•Select Next FPL Apt? - This option is only available when a Flight Plan is active. Allows the pilot to view the available departures for the next airport in the active flight plan

•Select Destination Apt? - This option is only available when a Flight Plan is active. Allows the pilot to view the available departures for the active flight plan destination airport.

Loading a departure procedure from the Airport Departure Page:

1)Select the desired departure, runway, and transition using the preceding steps.

2)Press the MENU Key to display the Airport Departure Page Menu.

3)Press the ENT Key to select the ‘Load into Active FPL?’ option (Figure 7-31).

Figure 7-30 Runway Window

6)Press the ENT Key. The cursor moves to the transitions (TRANS) field.

7)Turn the small right knob to display a window of available transitions. Continue turning the small right knob to select the desired transition.

8)Press the ENT Key. To remove the flashing cursor, press the small right knob.

Figure 7-31 Airport Departure Page Menu

4)The Active Flight Plan Page appears. Press the FPL Key to return to the Airport Departure Page.

To select any of the other options from the Airport Arrival Page Menu, follow the preceding steps, but select the desired option in step 3.

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3D Connexion GNS 530(A) manual Airport Departure Page Options, Press the ENT Key. The cursor moves to the runway field
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GNS 530(A) specifications

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