Approach Notes

There are several other types of waypoints which may appear in your Apollo GX loaded approach and which may or may not appear on your approach procedure charts.

 

Following is a brief description of these types of

 

waypoints and the naming convention followed.

Identification

Each waypoint in an Apollo GX flight plan has an

 

identifying type and a name. There are a few

 

exceptions, where some approach waypoints may be

 

“undefined.” When you view the flight plan legs, by

 

turning the SMALL knob while viewing a flight plan in

 

FLIGHT PLAN mode, the display will show a

 

“FROM” waypoint and a “TO” waypoint for each leg.

 

Under the names for the waypoint, the waypoint type

 

is usually displayed although this field may be

 

changed by pressing SEL and turning the SMALL knob

 

to show other information such as leg ETE. The

 

FROM-TO-NEXT page, located one click to the left

 

of the ‘home’ navigation page, always shows the

 

waypoint names and types for this two-leg “window”

 

view of your active flight plan.

 

Most of the waypoint types for en route waypoints are

 

quite familiar. They include ARPT for Airport, VOR,

 

NDB, INT for intersection and USER for a

 

user-defined waypoint.

 

The approach waypoint types will usually also have

 

familiar types, but there may be a few types which are

 

new. The approach waypoint types include:

IAF

Initial Approach Fix

FAF

Final Approach Fix. Note that there must always be a

 

Final Approach Fix inbound for TSO C129a

 

approaches. When an underlying approach, such as a

 

VOR or NDB approach does not have an inbound

 

FAF, one is created or added.

IFAF

Combined Initial and Final Approach Fix with no

 

intermediate waypoints. (Sometimes a procedure turn

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