Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options

		SECTION 5
		FLIGHT PLANS


	Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options
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).

	Allows the pilot to transfer the active ﬂight plan between two 400- or 500-series Garmin units
Crossﬁll	in a dual unit installation. See Section 10.2, 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 this
	section. The copy function is useful for duplicating the active ﬂight plan before making changes.

Invert Flight Plan	Reverses the active ﬂight plan. See Section 5.1, Activating Flight Plans and Inverting Flight
	Plans.

	Allows the pilot to remove all waypoints from the selected ﬂight plan, as described previously
Delete Flight Plan	in this section. Deleting a ﬂight plan does not delete the waypoints contained in the ﬂight plan
	from the database or user waypoint memory.
	Allows the pilot to select a published instrument approach for the destination airport, or replace
Select Approach	the current approach with a new selection. (In many cases, it is convenient to select approaches
	using the PROC Key as described in Section 6.1.)
	Allows the pilot to select a published standard terminal arrival route (STAR) for the destination
Select Arrival	airport or replace the current arrival with a new selection (Section 6.1 for information on
	selecting arrivals using the PROC Key).
	Allows the pilot to select a published standard instrument departure (SID) for the departure
Select Departure	airport or replace the current departure with a new selection. When using a direct-to, the GNS
	530 uses the nearest airport as a reference when displaying available departures. See Section

	6.1 for information on selecting departures using the PROC Key.
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.
	Calculates the bearing and closest distance that a ﬂight plan passes from a reference waypoint.
Closest Point of FPL	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 5-1 Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options

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3D Connexion GNS 530(A) manual Active Flight Plan Page Menu Options

Models: GNS 530(A)

Activate Leg

which is currently used for navigation guidance).

on this feature.

Copy Flight Plan

Plans.

Delete Flight Plan

from the database or user waypoint memory.

Select Approach

using the PROC Key as described in Section 6.1.)

selecting arrivals using the PROC Key).

Select Departure

Closest Point of FPL

the reference waypoint.

Change Fields

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