Flight Plans - Garmin GNS 530 Pilot's Manual & Reference

The GNS 530 lets you create up to 20 fl ight plans, with up to thirty-one waypoints in each fl ight plan.
Flight plans are created, edited and activated using the FPL key. The FPL page group includes two pages: the
Active Flight Plan Page and the Flight Plan Catalog. The Active Flight Plan Page provides in formation and
editing features for the fl ight plan currently in use (re ferred to as "fl ight plan 00"). The Flight Plan Catalog
serves as the main page for creating new fl ight plans, as well as editing or activating previously created fl ight
plans.
Since using fl ight plans is arguably one of the more complex features of the GNS 530, we'll only discuss
it briefl y here — focusing on creating a new fl ight plan and activating it to use for navigation. After reading
through this brief introduction, answers to additional questions you may have about fl ight plans can be found
in the reference section, starting on page 49.
To create a new fl ight plan:
1. Press the FPL key and rotate the small right knob to select the Flight Plan Catalog.
2. Press the MENU key to display the Flight Plan Catalog Options.
3. Rotate the large right knob to select "Create New Flight Plan?" and press ENT.
4. The cursor appears on the fi rst waypoint identifi er fi eld (located directly below "WAYPOINT"). Use the large
and small right knobs to enter the identifi er of the fi rst waypoint in the fl ight plan (the small knob is used to
select the desired letter or number and the large knob is used to move to the next character space.).
5. Press ENT once the identifi er has been selected. The cursor moves to the next blank waypoint identifi er fi eld.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, above, until all waypoints for the fl ight plan have been entered.
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Flight Plans

Active Flight Plan Page with fl ight plan currently
in use.
To create a new fl ight plan, select "Create New
Flight Plan?" from the Flight Plan Catalog Options.
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