Navigating To A Nearby Waypoint; Nearest Airport Page - Garmin GNC 420 Pilot's Manual & Reference

Navigating to a Nearby Waypoint

The NRST pages can be used in conjunction with the GNC 420's direct-to function to
quickly set a course to a nearby facility. This feature can often be a real time saver com-
pared to retrieving information from the database using the WPT pages. More important-
ly, it instantly provides navigation to the nearest airport in case of an in-flight emergency.
To select a nearby airport, VOR, NDB, intersection or user waypoint as a direct-to
destination:
1. Use the flashing cursor to scroll through a NRST page list and highlight the desired nearest
waypoint, as outlined on page 112.
2. Press to display the select direct-to waypoint page.
D
3. Press to accept the selected waypoint's identifier and press
E
"Activate?" highlighted) to begin navigating to the selected waypoint.

Nearest Airport Page

The nearest airport page displays the identifier, symbol, bearing and distance to the
nine nearest airports (within 200 nautical miles of your present position). For each air-
port listed, the nearest airport page also indicates the best available approach, common
traffic advisory frequency (CTAF) and the length of the longest runway.
Airport Identifier,
Symbol, Bearing To
and Distance To
Tower or CTAF
Frequency and
Longest Runway
a second time (with
E
Best Available
Approach
Scroll Bar
First Page
in NRST group
NRST PAGES
Nearest Airports
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