Approach Procedure

En Route

Operations

Approach Basics (GX50/60)

There are three general types of Apollo GX operation:

￿En Route

￿Load Destination Waypoint

￿Load Approach Information

￿Approach Transition (or Approach Enabled)

￿Enable approach (Method 1 or 2)

￿30 nm from Destination Airport

￿Initial Approach Fix

￿Final Approach Fix

￿Approach Active

￿Crossing the Final Approach Fix

￿Missed Approach Point

When conducting an approach, your Apollo GX will progress from En Route to Approach Transition when the pilot enables the approach, then to Approach Active, and possibly back to Approach Transition in the event of a missed approach.

En route operations describe all operations prior to 30 nm from your destination airport. Your Apollo GX is providing en route operation whenever the Approach annunciator light is not on. The default CDI sensitivity for en route is 5.0 nm; however, you may manually select other CDI sensitivities. Generally, you will select your destination airport prior to departure or while en route, and you will usually select and load an anticipated approach from the database into your active flight plan while en route.

Note

An approach can only be selected for an airport when it is the last waypoint in your active flight plan.

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