Airport Information - Garmin GPS 500 Quick Reference

Viewing Airport Information
1. From any page, press and hold CLR to
display the Default NAV page. (You may
skip this step if you are already viewing
any of the main GPS pages.)
2. Rotate the large right knob to select
the WPT page group. "WPT" will appear
in the lower right corner of the screen.
3. Rotate the small right knob to select
the desired WPT page. Airport information is displayed on the first six WPT
pages: airport location, airport runway, airport frequency, airport approach,
airport arrival and airport departure.
4. Press the small right knob to activate the cursor.
5. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the identifier of the
desired airport.
6. Once the identifier is entered, the information for that airport will appear
on the page. Press ENT to accept the selected identifier.
7. To view the other airport information pages, press the small right knob
to remove the cursor, then rotate the small right knob to select the
desired page.
Viewing Airport Information by Facility Name or City
1. Select the Airport Location page. (See
page 5.)
2. Press the small right knob to activate
the on-screen cursor.
3. Rotate the large right knob to
highlight the facility name (second line) or
the city name (third line) fields.

Airport Information

4. Use the small and large right knobs to enter the facility name or city
location of the desired airport. As you spell the facility name or city, the
GPS 500's Spell'N'Find™ feature will select the first entry in the database
based upon the characters you have entered up to that point.
5. Once the name is entered, the information for that airport will appear on
the page. Press ENT to accept the selected airport.
6. To view the other airport information pages, press the small right knob
to remove the cursor, then rotate the small right knob to select the
desired page.
Viewing a Frequency from a List
The Airport Frequency page displays radio frequencies and
frequency types for the selected airport, as well as sector and altitude
restrictions where applicable. If the selected airport has a localizer-
based approach, the localizer frequency(s) is also listed on the Airport
Frequency page. The Airport Frequency page may be used for refer-
ence to tune external COM or VOR/ILS receivers.
1. Select the Airport Frequency page from the WPT page group. (See page 5.)
2. Press the small right knob to activate the cursor and enter the identifier
of the desired airport.
3. A scroll bar along the right-hand side of
the screen indicates there are more
frequencies than those shown. Rotate the
large right knob to scroll through the
list.
4. To view usage restrictions for a frequency
place the cursor on "Info?" and press ENT
to display restriction information.
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