Garmin G1000 NXI Cockpit Reference Manual page 64

Flight Management
Closest Point of FPL
determining the closest point along the active flight plan to a selected waypoint:
1) Press the FPL Key to display the 'FPL - Active Flight Plan' Page (MFD) or the Active 'Flight
Plan' Window (PFD).
2) Press the MENU Key, highlight 'Closest Point Of FPL'', and press the ENT Key. A window
appears with the reference waypoint field highlighted ('From' Box).
3) Enter the identifier of the reference waypoint and press the ENT Key. The system displays
the bearing (BRG) and distance (DIS) to the closest point along the flight plan to the
selected reference waypoint and creates a user waypoint at this location. The name for
the new user waypoint is derived from the identifier of the reference waypoint.
Parallel Track
activating parallel track:
1) Press the FPL Key to display the 'FPL - Active Flight Plan' Page (MFD) or the 'Flight Plan'
Window (PFD).
2) Press the MENU Key, highlight 'Parallel Track', and press the ENT Key. The 'Parallel Track'
Window is displayed with the 'Direction' Field highlighted.
3) Turn the small FMS Knob to select 'LEFT' or 'RIGHT' and press the ENT Key. The
'Distance' Field is highlighted.
4) Turn the small FMS Knob to enter a distance from 1-50 nm and press the ENT Key.
'Activate Parallel Track' is highlighted.
5) Press the ENT Key to activate parallel track. Press the FMS Knob or the CLR Key to
cancel the parallel track activation.
Cancelling parallel track:
1) Press the FPL Key to display the 'FPL - Active Flight Plan' Page (MFD) or the Active 'Flight
Plan' Window (PFD).
2) Press the MENU Key, highlight 'Parallel Track', and press the ENT Key. The 'Parallel Track'
Window is displayed with 'Cancel Parallel Track?' highlighted.
3) Press the ENT Key.
User-defined Holding Patterns
Creating a user-defined hold at an active flight plan waypoint:
1) Press the FPL Key to display the 'FPL - Active Flight Plan' Page (MFD) or the Active 'Flight
Plan' Window (PFD).
2) Press the FMS Knob to activate the cursor (not required on the PFD) and turn the large
FMS Knob to highlight the waypoint for the hold.
3) Press the MENU Key, highlight 'Hold At Waypoint', and press the ENT Key. The 'Hold at'
Window appears with the course field highlighted.
Garmin G1000 NXi Cockpit Reference Guide for the da62
40 190-02622-00 Rev. A