Nearest Airport Page; Navigating To A Nearby Waypoint - Garmin GNS 530 Pilot's Manual & Reference

Navigating to a Nearby Waypoint

The NRST pages can be used in conjunction with the
GNS 530' s direct-to function to quickly set a course to a
nearby facility, and can provide navigation to the nearest
airport in case of an in-flight emergency.
Selecting 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 (Figure 8-5) and highlight the desired
nearest waypoint, as outlined in Section 8.1.
Figure 8-5 Nearest Airport Page
Press the Direct-to Key to display the select
2)
Direct-to Waypoint Page.
3) Press the ENT Key to accept the selected
waypoint's identifier and press the ENT Key
a second time with 'Activate?' highlighted to
begin navigating to the selected waypoint.
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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 8-6).
Airport Identifier
Symbol, Bearing
To, and Distance To
Tower or CTAF
Frequency and
Longest Runway
Position of
Current Page
within Current
Page Group
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:
Nearest Airport Criteria for additional details.
GNS 530(A) Pilot's Guide and Reference
SECTION 8
NRST PAGES
Best Available
Approach
Current Number of Pages in
Page Group Current Page Group
Figure 8-6 Nearest Airport Page
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