Nearest Airport Page - Garmin GNS 430 Pilot's Manual & Reference

SECTION 8
NRST PAGES

8.2 NEAREST AIRPORT PAGE

The Nearest Airport Page displays the identifier, symbol,
bearing, and distance to the nine nearest airports (within
200 nm of the present position). For each airport listed,
the Nearest Airport Page also indicates the best available
approach, common traffic advisory frequency (CTAF),
and the length of the longest runway (Figure 8-9).
Tower or CTAF Airport Identifier
Frequency and Symbol, Bearing To,
Longest Runway and Distance To
Current Page Group
Figure 8-9 Nearest Airport Page
The Nearest Airport Page can be configured to exclude
shorter runways or undesirable runway surface types,
so that the corresponding airports do not appear on the
list. The pilot may wish to use this feature to exclude
seaplane bases or runway lengths which would be difficult
or impossible to land upon. See Section 10.5, Setup Page
2: Nearest Airport Criteria for additional details.
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Best Available Scroll
Approach Bar
Position of
Current Page
within Current
Page Group
Number of Pages in
Current Page Group
GNS 430(A) Pilot's Guide and Reference
The Nearest Airport Page may be used to quickly tune
the COM transceiver to a nearby airport. The selected
frequency is placed in the standby field of the COM
Window and activated using the COM Flip-flop Key.
To quickly tune the common traffic advisory
frequency (CTAF) from the Nearest Airport
Page:
1) Select the Nearest Airport Page, using the steps
outlined in Section 8.1.
2) Press the small right knob to activate the
cursor.
Turn the large right knob to scroll through the
3)
list, highlighting the COM frequency associated
with the desired airport (Figure 8-10).
Figure 8-10 COM Frequency Highlighted
4) Press the ENT Key to place the selected
frequency in the standby field of the COM
Window (Figure 8-11).
Figure 8-11 Frequency Moved to Standby Field
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